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[NMLUG] Argghhh!!! I hosed my MBR
I have hosed my mbr, with a windows install also, and this routine fixes it.
michael
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 11:49:08 -0700, James Hamilton wrote
> On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 07:28:11PM -0700, michael wrote:
> > On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 17:27:26 -0700, James Hamilton wrote
> > > On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 08:41:05PM -0700, michael wrote:
> > > > You need to boot up from an install cd.
> > > >
> > > > Then switch your virtual terminal ato get a prompt.
> > > >
> > > > fdisk your partitions.
> > >
> > > What exactly would you use fdisk for. The partitions are intact
> > > only the MBR is broken. Last time I did this fdisk was unneeded.
> >
> > I meant fsck, I was just in windoze land.
> > You would use fsck to fix your broken inodes on the failed startup.
>
> Agreed, makes sense :-)
>
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> James Hamilton
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