Re: Unable to boot

From: Matt Johnson (johnsonmlw_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/27/05

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To: R G Cottrell <rossc@froggy.com.au>, Manudath Gurudatha <manudathg@gmail.com>

     --- R G Cottrell <rossc@froggy.com.au> wrote:
    > Manudath Gurudatha wrote:
    >
    > >Can anyone tell me how to overwrite the MBR? My
    > Debian machine is
    > >screwed up and it gives an error similar to "L 80
    > 80 80..." while
    > >booting....

    To wipe the MBR will allow other OS's (like Windows)
    to boot, but not help you boot Debian. If this is what
    you want e.g. to boot into Windows, then you can use a
    windows 98 CD to boot, type cd \win98, then fdisk /mbr

    This will wipe your mbr - no good for linux, but fine
    for microsoft products. 

    --
Matt
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