[Tfug] MBR problems

[Harry McGregor]

On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Keith Davey wrote:

> Hi Gang,
>
> I am trying to convert an ageing win2k box over to linux after the win2k
> system crashed with NTLDR missing.  However after what apears to have been
> a succesfull install of linux, a reboot still gives me nothing but:
>
> NTLDR Missing
>
> I tried to correct this by issuing  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512
> count=1

I would suggest you try using either bootpart (Www.winimage.com) or dos
fdisk with the /mbr switch, then boot up and run lilo or install grub
again.

			Harry

> But even after this I still get NTLDR  Missing.
>
> Any clues as to how I might clear this error?
>
> Keith Davey
> Storage Systems Div
> IBM Corp
>
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