On Jan 12, 2013, at 8:39 PM, squareyes <[email protected]> wrote:
> root@ubuntu:~# dd if=/usr//share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdb
> dd: opening `/usr//share/syslinux/mbr.bin': No such file or directory
> Not sure what I am doing , looked for syslinux and showed below, nothing to
> lose will try them in the line of code,
>
> squareyes@squareyes:~$ whereis syslinux
> syslinux: /usr/bin/syslinux /usr/lib/syslinux /usr/bin/X11/syslinux
> /usr/share/man/man1/syslinux.1.gz
find / -name mbr.bin 2>/dev/null
I can't tell you where it is or if it's even included with Ubuntu. It is
included with Fedora which is the basis of the command I cam up with.
> Is there anyway that I can format the drive to get rid of any residual grub?
>
No. Reformatting applies to contents of partitions. This code is not contained
within a partition. And it must be replaced, not just removed, in order for the
computer to be rebootable.
Chris Murphy
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