150112 Adam Carter wrote: >> I may need to rewrite the master boot record onto the new SSD. >> I use Lilo, which has a line 'boot=<device-name>': >> would it be enough to simply run Lilo, perhaps from System-Rescue ? >> Should I have a back-up copy of the present MBR to use & if so, >> what is the correct command to copy it & later put it in the proper place ? > To copy boot record with partition table : > 'dd if=/dev/sda of=/boot/mbr_backup bs=512 count=1' ; > To restore boot record without partition table : > 'dd if=/boot/mbr_backup of=/dev/sda bs=446 count=1' ; > so you can just write the MBR to a file > and either include the partition table (bs=512) or exclude it (bs=446).
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