some other useful tools you should know about while you're trying this: # hexdump -cx /dev/hda | less
to dump (in both char and hex form) the beginning of /dev/hda. this is a good way to tell if anything there has changed if you, for example, run "fdisk" and try to "w" to restore the MBR and the partition table. note that, if anyone else wants to try this, even if you're using GRUB, you should see the string "LILO" in the first few bytes of the MBR (at least, that's what my host shows). i'd recommend, while your machine is still running and you haven't changed anything yet, try this and just make a note of the first few bytes so you can verify if anything changes. rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
