Re: Dual booting Suse linux and mandriva

Kevin Nathan wrote:
On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 07:56:06 -0400
guy <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

3) Copying the first 512 bytes of the disk to a file

You need to be *very* careful with this step. It's safest to copy only
the first 446 bytes, because the next 64 bytes are the partition
table (and the last two bytes are an ID -- 55AA). If you save all 512
bytes, and then make any changes to partition table, then later you
copy this file back, you've just trashed your partitions.

Something to keep in mind . . .


Thanks - did not realize this!

guy
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