Hi folks, I found the "mbr" deb at the uk.debian.org ftp site in potato. I would imagine it is in the other debian potato ftp sites as well. What are the benefits of installing "mbr"? I'm getting prepared to install the Hurd with the cross-install from Debian GNU/linux and haven't removed lilo yet so now would be the most opportune time to install "mbr", if it is useful. Will it mess with the partitions I already have? I would prefer not losing anything that already is there.
Jim Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 02:24:46AM +0300, Kalle Olavi Niemitalo wrote: > > "Nuno Emanuel F. Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I already searched for "mbr" package on "Contents-hurd-i386.gz" and > > > didn't found > > > such package. > > > Where could I found it ? > > > > Use the version in binary-i386/base. The i386 vs. hurd-i386 > > difference doesn't matter since the code gets loaded before the > > operating system. "dpkg --force-architecture" should do the job. > > Yes, a seperate Hurd version is not strictly needed, but we don't have this > fine graduation in the archive (yet?). > > > After installing the package, you need to get /boot/mbr.b in > > the MBR. I can't remember how I did that; > > This will work: > > dd if=/boot/mbr.b of=$disk bs=444 count=1 > > > I suppose the package could easily be compiled for hurd-i386. > > I think so. The autobuilder will catch this when I have prepared it (sorry > for the horrible delay with this beast). > > Thanks, > Marcus > > -- > `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ > Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key > http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
