[svlug] Boot program

[Rafael Skodlar]

On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Rick Moen wrote:

> Quoting Jonathan Jefferies (jonathanj at allant.com):
> 
............
> 
> Re-installing the unnamed Microsoft MBR program:
> 
> If you ever suspect that the MBR has somehow become totally messed up,
> boot a write-protected, virus-free MS-DOS installation floppy (v. 6.22 
> would be ideal), and type "FDISK /MBR".  To make sure, issue the command

http://www.calderathin.com/products/drdos/index.html  is IDEAL.

> five or six times.  You will see no visual feedback except getting a fresh
> DOS prompt with no errors.  Please note that this operation poses no
> risk to your partition table or anything else on your hard drive.
> 
> Please note, also, that if you ordinarily have something more competent
> than Microsoft's program in your MBR, you'll have to reinstall it
> after using DOS's (undocumented) "FDISK /MBR" trick.
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,                Linux:  It is now safe to turn on your computer.
> Rick Moen
> rick (at) hugin.imat.com
> 

   Rafael


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