I tried wiping the first 446 bytes and bytes 511-512 with these commands: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=446 count=1 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=1 skip=510 count=2 I then did a reboot and PXE boot did not occur as expected. The machine just sits there not knowing what to do. -----Original Message----- From: Robert P. J. Day [mailto:rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 3:52 PM To: Joseph V Moss Cc: Richard Black; kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx; Fong Vang; anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: restore boot block On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Joseph V Moss wrote: > > That's still wrong. skip= specifies the number of *blocks* to skip. > > So: > > dd if=/dev/hda of=mypartitions skip=446 bs=1 count=64 > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 > dd if=mypartitions of=/dev/hda skip=446 bs=1 and since the blocksize above is 1, it works just fine. come on, folks, this ain't rocket surgery. it's just "dd". rday p.s. top posting. bad. very bad. -- Robert P. J. Day Eno River Technologies Unix, Linux and Open Source training Waterloo, Ontario www.enoriver.com This e-mail has been captured and archived by the ZANTAZ Digital Safe(tm) service. For more information, visit us at www.zantaz.com. IMPORTANT: This electronic mail message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or directly reply to the original message(s) sent. Thank you.
