Dear all, For the "Linux uninstaller" project [1], I need your help : - Is there a reliable way to check (in bash) if a functional (not altered, e.g. by another bootloader) stage1 is in a MBR ? - Or/and the contrary (stage1 is altered or not present) ?
I observed that we can read (in hex) the word "GRUB" in the MBRs containing GRUB. FYI, please find below [2] a little script I made to detect the word "GRUB" in a MBR. Are its conclusions always true ? Thank you in advance for your help. Best regards Yann [1] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1615667 [2] Script below : #! /bin/bash mbr=$(sudo dd if=mbrtobechecked.img bs=446 count=1 | hexdump -C) control1=$(echo "$mbr" | grep -i "GRUB") control2a=$(echo "$mbr" | grep -i "G|"); control2b=$(echo "$mbr" | grep -i "|RUB") control3a=$(echo "$mbr" | grep -i "GR|"); control3b=$(echo "$mbr" | grep -i "|UB") control4a=$(echo "$mbr" | grep -i "GRU|"); control4b=$(echo "$mbr" | grep -i "|B") if [ "$control1" ] || [ "$control2a" -a "$control2b" ] || [ "$control3a" -a "$control3b" ] || [ "$control4a" -a "$control4b" ];then echo "the MBR contains the word <grub>, so stage1 is installed into the MBR." else echo "the MBR does not contain the word <grub>, so stage1 is not installed into the MBR." fi
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