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Re: master boot record



"Jianbo Wang" <jwang27@hotmail.com> writes:

> I accidently delete MBR by typing 'fdisk /mbr', and didn't have boot
> disk to debian 3.0  ( I failed in mkboot, it said successfuly creat,
> but get kernel panic when I use it). How can I recover that linux
> partition without reinstalling? How can I creat a boot under woody
> 3.0r1?

You can use the install CD as a rescue disk; there should be
instructions on-screen when you boot from the CD.  (IIRC, the correct
incantation is something like 'rescue root=/dev/hda1', subsituting
your root partition appropriately.)  From there, reinstall GRUB or
LILO or the Debian MBR as normal.

> I am not on mailing list. Thanks!

You might configure your mailer to set a Reply-To: or
Mail-Followup-To: header to make sure that you get a copy of any
replies in the future.

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David Maze         dmaze@debian.org      http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/
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