On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, David Z Maze wrote:
> "W. Borgert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have a machine where I want to cleanly install Debian, but the > > MBR has remains of grub. I searched the net, but all hits I got > > involved a DOS diskette or similar. I don't have such a disk, > > but I can boot the machine using Knoppix or other Debian rescue > > CDs. What is the magic command line? Thanks in advance! removing stuff from MBR implies you might not be able to boot the machine, so make sure you can still boot from floppy or cdrom or network or ??? ( remove that target disk out of the boot sequence in the bios, than remove stuff from the mbr ) root# grub grub> uninstall ( i think it works donno ) -- or -- root# lilo -U -- or -- # # important ... dont make any tipoe's w/ dd # root# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 -- or -- boot into dos mode A:> fdisk /mbr than boot up from floppy or other boot media and re-install whatver boot loader ( grub, lilo, syslinux, .. ) you want c ya alvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
