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From: dougal@vespucci.iquest.com (Dougal Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Repairing MBR?
Date: 4 Feb 1996 16:29:29 GMT
Organization: interQuest Online Services -- Huntsville, AL
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Summary: How can I fix a corrupt MBR on a 2.0R system?
Keywords: filesystem, 2.0R, MBR, disk
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I've got a 2.0R system with a corrupted MBR.  I can boot into
single-user mode and see that the file system is still intact, but when
going to multi-user mode it complains about the missing MBR then
panics.

Is there any simple way to attempt to repair it in-place?

--
Dougal Campbell      | "Quick to judge, quick to anger. |      Rush
System Administrator |  Slow to understand.             |  "Witch Hunt"
interQuest / Hsv, AL |  Ignorance and predjudice        | Moving Pictures
dougal@iquest.com    |  And fear go hand in hand."      |      1981