I broke it! How can I fix it?

Leon Goldstein metapsych
Fri Sep 28 18:45:05 PDT 2007


Tony Alfrey wrote:

> C M Reinehr wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>
>> Rick,
>>
>> Read the instructions about chainloading an o/s & install grub to the 
>> MBR. BUT, make a copy of the MBR with dd and you will be able to 
>> restore it if you don't like the results.
>>
>> cmr
>
>
> Can you please explain this?  How does one duplicate this - some 
> blocks on a hard drive -  without a file name?  How does one know 
> which blocks contain the MBR?
> Thanks
>
>
http://www.brunolinux.com/01-First_Things_To_Know/Backing_Up_the_MBR.html

-- 
Leon A. Goldstein

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