On 03-09-2011 23:09, Eric Griffith wrote: > So can anyone confirm that the command above, from the wiki, is > correct? And that it IS 440, and not something different. I'd hate to > pick the wrong one and zero out my partition table, or not completly > zero out grub-legacy and run into a whole different set of problems. > > Thanks! > No google and wikipedia in your area? A block size of 440 bytes should be enough to wipe the code area but you can use or may have to use up to a maximum of 446 bytes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record -- Mauro Santos
