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Well, if it means anything, I _DID_ follow the instructions that you gave here in the mailing list and they worked like a charm. :) Again, if it means anything, thank you.<br /><br />- Robert Wolfe (robert@net261.com)<br /><blockquote>Wed 26 Jul 2006 10:33:39 AM EDT from Cyber Source to nflug@nflug.org <br />Subject: Re: [nflug] Disk Image/Restore<br /><br />Jonathan Skulski wrote:<br /><blockquote>> Pete, you are posting information that is incorrect. I was trying to<br />> correct it, there's no need to get so defensive.<br />><br />> You said:<br />><br />> "yes, that command is just blanking the mbr just like fixmbr (xp) and<br />> fdisk /mbr (dos/98)"<br />><br />> "If we say, put xp on a drive that previously had<br />> grub on the mbr, we could ghost, dd, tar the xp copy onto the drive and<br />> then it would fail to boot UNTIL we blank the mbr."<br />><br />> This is wrong, a mbr of all zeros WILL NOT boot windows. fixmbr and<br />> fdisk /mbr do not just blank out the mbr. Like i said before: "dd<br />> if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda count=1 bs=512" is not the same thing.<br />><br />>> IF you READ the entire thread, you would see what the original questions<br />>> were and how my answers related. Why don't you try reading the threads<br />>> and understanding what the questions were before offering up your<br />>> answers.<br />><br />> Your misinformation can be as relevant as you want, but that doesn't<br />> make it correct. Maybe you should get back to uninstalling and<br />> reinstalling distributions.<br />><br />> jsk<br />> _______________________________________________<br />> nflug mailing list<br />> nflug@nflug.org<br />> a href=http://www.nflug.org/mailman/listinfo/nflug TARGET=webcit01http://www.nflug.org/mailman/listinfo/nflug/A<br />><br /></blockquote>Maybe you should get back to reading class. My directions were to copy<br />in the xp (then do a fixmbr), if 98 (then do a fdisk /mbr). I never ONCE<br />said to use dd to blank the mbr. Call blanking what you will, in our<br />case, those commands erase our grub, it may put something else there but<br />I could give a rats ass what it does put there, because I can later<br />install grub and still get back to xp/98. The focus was on how to copy<br />xp/98 into a new drive and not have a problem, I suggested the<br />"blanking or fix as it's now called" the mbr as a failsafe option that<br />hurts nothing, just in case he was using a drive that had something else<br />on it already and I NEVER suggested any other method than the ones<br />described above. I also don't fully get into every detail that might<br />come along as I am working and giving this advise freely and don't need<br />someone like yourself that doesn't comprehend what he reads too well in<br />that he fuses what others have said into my context. There's always<br />gotta be some ass like yourself that pops up every now and starts a<br />flame. Keep your advise to yourself and I'll think twice about sending<br />my advise to this list from now on, I won't waste my time.<br />_______________________________________________<br />nflug mailing list<br />nflug@nflug.org<br />a href=http://www.nflug.org/mailman/listinfo/nflug TARGET=webcit01http://www.nflug.org/mailman/listinfo/nflug/A<br /><br /></blockquote><br />
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