note that this may only apply for dual-booted systems (meaning windows+linux)
from http://mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php?t=2295
[quote]
* Using the friendly and lovely Linux, the cool way:
When you install lilo, it creates a backup copy of the MBR (Master Boot Record) in the directory /boot/ named boot.0300 (this is the name if is the MBR of the first disk of IDE 0). So to substitute LILO with the original MBR you should run the next command:
Code: dd if=/boot/boot.0300 of=/dev/hda bs=446 count=1
If the boot disk is an SCSI the command should look this way:
Code: dd if=/boot/boot.0800 of=/dev/sda bs=446 count=1
Be careful with that, because a bad use of the dd command could do an irreversible harm to your HD
Check the related man pages:
* lilo / lilo.conf
* dd
* grub
<snip>
or the simplest way
Code:
# /sbin/lilo -U
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im sure others have a more definite answer. im just pointing you to some ideas that may or may not work. <g>
ciao!
Jan dela Cruz writes:
Hi, this might seem to be a dumb question, but what's the linux command to--
refresh MBR, similar to the "fdisk /mbr" in dos and windows?
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance...
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