[Tfug] MBR problems

[R351574NC3]

Last I checked, 

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1

was recommended for people having trouble with fdisk /mbr

-Leo Przybylski



Harry McGregor wrote:

>On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Keith Davey wrote:
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>>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
>>    
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>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
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>>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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