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From:
Shannon
Neumann
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003
20:47
Subject: Re: Screwed up boot sector
(solution and more questions)
I believe that
NTFS write support is considered dangerous due to
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 03:24:55PM +0100, Emilio wrote:
>
> 1) Is Linux now capable of reliably reading *and* writing NTFS partitions? I
> want
> to switch my WinXP from FAT32 to NTFS while being able to access it from
> Linux in case evil comes around yet again.
This was discussed recentl
I believe that NTFS write
support is considered dangerous due to the potential for data corruption.
I imagine this is particularly true if you use file encryption is WinXP.
If I am off base here, hopefully someone will correct me ;)
Shannon Neumann
Neumannweb Computers
www.neumannweb.net
1) Is Linux now capable of reliably reading *and* writing NTFS partitions? I
want
to switch my WinXP from FAT32 to NTFS while being able to access it from
Linux in case evil comes around yet again.
Yes, but writing is 'dangerous'
3) I have LILO currently on the MBR. How do I
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Hi,
A few days ago I posted some questions regarding the problem I had. It
was that while trying to install GRUB (a horrible, dangerous beast) it
screwed up the boot sector of
my Windows XP partition.
Well, none of the suggestions, neither from here or the microsoft newsgroup,
not even
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I am new to Linux and just have RH Linux 8.0 installed on my PC, dual
bootable with Windows XP using GRUB.
When Linux booted, a message say "There is difference between boot sector
and its backup". Does any one
see this proble
I am new to Linux and just have RH Linux 8.0
installed on my PC, dual bootable with Windows XP using GRUB.
When Linux booted, a message say "There is
difference between boot sector and its backup". Does any one
see this problem? How can I do manual backup to
solve it?
Also on
Boot with floppy and run
grub-install /dev/hdx
(where x is the letter of your hard drive...)
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Gentlepersons:
I've got a dual boot RH72/W95 system here, on which I'm installing a
W98 upgrade. I know it's gonna wipe out the boot sector, so I've got
two (2) working boot floppies for the Linux partition.
What I don't know ( and haven't gleaned by reading the gr
Thursday, October 19, 2000 5:36 AM
Subject: Re: boot sector again
> > Thanks for advices to everybody.
> > But I still have problems. Something was changed in the boot sector
because
> > now I can't use fips. Fips is generating a file and then stops.I can
use
> >
YES, I tried with dos fdisk/mbr several times an the things are not
changing.
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From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: boot sector again
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, cristian wr
> Thanks for advices to everybody.
> But I still have problems. Something was changed in the boot sector because
> now I can't use fips. Fips is generating a file and then stops.I can use
> the
> disk. It is an usual disk of 4.3Gb. I don't know how much is true in th
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, cristian wrote:
> Thanks for advices to everybody.
> But I still have problems. Something was changed in the boot sector because
> now I can't use fips. Fips is generating a file and then stops.I can use
> the
> disk. It is an usual disk of 4.3Gb. I do
Thanks for advices to everybody.
But I still have problems. Something was changed in the boot sector because
now I can't use fips. Fips is generating a file and then stops.I can use
the
disk. It is an usual disk of 4.3Gb. I don't know how much is true in this
file. Because if i
Thanks for advices to everybody.
But I still have problems. Something was changed in the boot sector because
now I can't use fips. Fips is generating a file and then stops.I can use the
disk. It is an usual disk of 4.3Gb. I don't know how much is true in this
file. Because if it would
> Also appears 'Trend Chipaway Virus on Guard' and the recommandation to go on
>www.antivirus.com.
I had the same problem with my BIOS based boot sector virus protection
thingie. Turn it off in the BIOS. All a virus really is (to many
scanners) is a change in data. Like BIOS
You would want to disable boot sector virus checking because I had the
same problem it hampers my installation of Win98 and would hamper my
installation of any Linux. Anytime you install OS's they almost always
modify the boot sector.
CH
cristian wrote:
> I was trying to install Re
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 09:32:12AM +0300, cristian wrote:
>
>I was trying to install Redhat 6.2 and then Corel linux and in both
>cases I was stopped by a big message YOU HAVE A VIRUS IN YOUR BOOT
>SECTOR.
It is just lilo which is getting installed in the MBR.
I was trying to install Redhat 6.2 and then Corel
linux and in both cases I was stopped by a big message YOU HAVE A VIRUS IN YOUR
BOOT SECTOR.
Also appears 'Trend Chipaway Virus on Guard' and
the recommandation to go on www.antivirus.com.
I scanned the hard disk with 8 different
Hello Bob,
> As the title implies, I've overwritten the boot sector
> of my NT partition (512 bytes worth). The MBR is fine
> and Linux boots as expected. Is there a way
> to copy/restore the backup boot sector while running Linux.
It depends on how you have
On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 01:42:06PM -0400, Bob Glover wrote:
> Subject: NT Boot Sector Overwritten
> or Oh, what a doofus :-o
>
> As the title implies, I've overwritten the boot sector
> of my NT partition (512 bytes worth). The MBR is fine
> and Linux boots
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Bob Glover wrote:
> Subject: NT Boot Sector Overwritten
> or Oh, what a doofus :-o
>
> As the title implies, I've overwritten the boot sector
> of my NT partition (512 bytes worth). The MBR is fine
> and Linux boots as expected. I
Subject: NT Boot Sector Overwritten
or Oh, what a doofus :-o
As the title implies, I've overwritten the boot sector
of my NT partition (512 bytes worth). The MBR is fine
and Linux boots as expected. Is there a way
to copy/restore the backup boot sector while running Linux.
I ask
Hi, all:
I try to install RedHat 4.1 ( I bought the CD two years ago, have not upgrad yet)
to HP pavilion 8275 with HD 8GB. During the installation process, everything
is ok untill it try to install bootloader in the master boot sector or the first
sector
of the partitioned disk or on floppy
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