Re: GRUB woes (install to hde)

[Alvin Oga <aoga@mail.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya mike

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Mike McCarty wrote:

> > 		dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hde bs=446 count=1
> 
> This works if /dev/hda is the exact same size and partitioning
> as /dev/hde.

nah.... it leaves the br alone 

> system, or somebody? Otherwise, I'd fear possibly clobbering the
> PT information

if that's the case:

	fdisk -l /dev/hda	

	save the start and end cylinders and partition type info
	on  a piece of paper taped to your disk

	- by default, all "good" admins already do that to begin
	with ...

c ya
alvin