Re: MBR

[Osamu Aoki <debian@aokiconsulting.com>]

Use dd to copy to local_file and read with hex reader like MC.

  # dd if=/dev/hda of=local_file count=20

MC is midnight commander in console.

Osamu


On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 05:02:06PM +0000, stefan goeman wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is there a way to read my current MBR, or is this the file mbr.b in 
> /boot? 
> I am not sure. I did not use LILO to configure my MBR but I used an 
> external bootmaster (I think from Partition Magick).
> 
> This is a strange type of file. Is there a way to make it more human 
> readable?
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Stefan
> 
>                                                           ////
>                                                          (. .)
> ------------------------------------------------------o00-(_)-00o-- 
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>           ICN D NC A:                               SIEMENS ATEA NV
>    .~.                                              Atealaan 34
>   (O O)   Ir. Stefan Goeman                         B-2200 Herentals
>   /\/\      Tel: +32 14 253020                        (Belgium)
>  //  \\     e-mail: Stefan.Goeman@siemens.atea.be
> /((_))\
> ooO Ooo   P.S.: Linux is great !!
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