On Thursday 27 March 2003 2:08 pm, Collins Richey wrote: > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 08:17:42 -0600 > MrPaulAR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 12:39 AM 03/27/2003 -0700, you wrote: > > >So, is there a way to remove the overlay without destroying my Gentoo > > >install? > > I'm fairly sure there isn't because that software is installed on the > > MBR. > > I don't know how to remove it with linux tools but you can use a MSDOS > > boot disk and issue fdisk /mbr and that will remove the software. > As he said, but overwriting the mbr will not destroy your gentoo > install.
Would you believe that this didn't fix it? I booted a '98 floppy and did an fdisk /mbr. But when I rebooted to the hard drive, the overlay was still there! Damned virus. > If you have a way to build a grub boot floppy, you can boot > your gentoo from the floppy. Knoppix booted from a CD will work, or you > can get someone else to do this for you on a *nix system. Looks like this is the only recourse I have. Maybe once the system is up I can move it to a new drive... Bummer. Mike Diehl. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
