this is after we have installed linux, but we want to save MBR before
installing linux, so that if anything
goes wrong during installation, later we can restore it.
"Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri." wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rajeev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 11:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [LIH] MBR : problem with suse6.3
>
> > that is before writing new MBR, when u start running fips, so in this case
> it is
> > not going to help.
> > anyway high-fundas what are the ways/tools to save+ restore MBR before
> writing
> > a new one ?
>
> ~This may be wrong~ but maybe someone can correct me
>
> dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512
>
> this ~should~ copy your MBR to a floppy.
>
> somebody correct me if I am wrong.
>
> Sharukh.
>
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