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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Raf, > > Please don't top post, it makes it difficult to follow the thread. > > Next, do you happen to have a 2nd hard drive in the machine you are trying to boot (perhaps that has the Windows boot loader on > it?)? How big is the drive you are trying to dd? Try any one of these to get to a non-bootable drive: > > To wipe just the MBR: > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/foo bs=512 count=1 > Just remember - this will delete the partition table as well, so you may want to write down the partition table data before doing this! > > To wipe all of track zero: > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/foo bs=512 count=63 > > "Zero out" the entire drive: > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/foo > > You'll need to replace foo with the appropriate device (hda, sda, etc). > > Kevin > Mikkel - -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlEJb8QACgkQqbQrVW3JyMTNjQCdFLSgySfYQCzYnHy4lpKtB/FL cj4AniGji53b7zWJQ5lIvSr88SPpKjAq =0ANe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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