Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 17:07:18 +0200 From: Toni Schmidbauer <toni@stderror.at> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fdisk: alternate boot code Message-ID: <20030806150718.GA4488@devil.stderror.at> In-Reply-To: <20030806082243.LTTT7553.mta05-svc.ntlworld.com@[10.137.100.72]> References: <20030806082243.LTTT7553.mta05-svc.ntlworld.com@[10.137.100.72]>
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--7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 08:22:43AM +0000, chris.p.ward@ntlworld.com wrote: > I'd like to use fdisk and supply an alternate boot code using the -b opti= on. How do I save the existing boot code within the MBR so as to pass it t= o fdisk though? I'm guessing I can use dd but I'm not sure how. dd if=3D/dev/ad0 of=3D/boot/mbr.backup bs=3D512 count=3D1 hth, toni --=20 Behandle die Menschen, als w=E4ren sie, was sie sein | toni at stderror dot= at sollten, und du wirst ihnen helfen, zu werden, was | Toni Schmidbauer sie sein k=F6nnen. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/MRmlu/mjSj7RMocRAm16AJwMbuNO2jwyE89N7jU6cMm6oH51sQCfWTGs GuYOHeOdCjR7GDBmVco5Hb8= =CDyC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z--
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