On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:49:55 -0500 (EST), Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:40:14 -0500 (EST), Robert Brockway wrote:
>> MS-Windows used to have an undocumented switch "fdisk /mbr" which would
>> remap the MBR and erase any copy of lilo or grub present.  I don't know if
>> they still have that option.
> 
> Undocumented?
> 
> The command above works pre-XP.
> 
> For XP, it is fixmbr and/or fixboot..
> 
> For Vista and Seven, it is bootrec /fixmbr and/or bootrec /rebuildbcd.

Thank you!  I'm going to be needing that information soon to re-install a 
DOS-style
master boot record on a number of machines and move lilo to the boot sector
for the /boot partition.

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