norman wrote: > As a result of my research into the complete removal of the MBR I came > across the following command:- > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1 > > I have 2 questions and I would be grateful for answers, please. Firstly, > as I have only one hdd and that is a SATA drive, should I substitute > sda0 for hda1 and, secondly, does it matter which comes first bs=512 or > count=1, I have seen both and so am confused? > > Norman > > > You just substitute "/dev/hda1" for the device you want, but I would have thought it'd be more like "/dev/sda" if you want to wipe the MBR.. Also the order of the options to "dd" does not matter.
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