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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: how do I undo 386BSD boot blocks?
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In article <1lf98o$fpt@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) writes:
>In article <1993Feb12.024645.20918@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:
>>There is an alternate method in INSTALL.NOTES. Basically, you don't need
>>to fdisk the mbr for a valid one to be written -- you just have to invalidate
>>it. This can be accomplished with either of the following:
[ ... ]
>> 2) boot dist.fs or fixit.fs and type dd if=/386bsd of=/dev/wd0a
>
>What does this do? Not familiar with it and I sort of think I shouldn't
>experiment with it on my system.... :)
Invalidates the mbr and other data at the fron of the disk (if any). DOS
will only write an mbr when there is not an existing, working mbr. This
makes sure that there isn't.
Terry Lambert
terry@icarus.weber.edu
terry_lambert@novell.com
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