Re: Am I paranoid? Ext3FS has NTFS bootsector
From: Tauno Voipio (tauno.voipio_at_iki.fi.NOSPAM.invalid)
Date: 02/17/04
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Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 22:15:29 GMT
Marc Brevoort wrote:
>
> Fdisk /dev/hda shows me:
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 637 5116671 83 Linux
> /dev/hda2 638 1511 7020405 83 Linux
> /dev/hda3 1512 1582 570307+ 82 Linux swap
>
> My root partition is /dev/hda2.
>
> A hexdump of /dev/hda1 shows me what looks like a NTFS boot sector.
> Is this usual on a linux file system that previously contained NTFS?
>
Yes, as long as you do not install another boot into the partition.
If is bugs you, install LILO or GRUB on the partition.
Tauno Voipio
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