Re: Broken MBR

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

John Graves wrote:
> I needed more room so I reduced the size of an unused Windows/NTFS 
> partition and increased the Linux ext3 partition using QParted.  This 
> broke the MBR so when I boot, I get a string of 9's and nothing else 
> happens.  How can I restore the MBR?  I was using lilo if that makes a 
> difference.  I have a copy of the original sarge disk1 and a Knoppix 5.0 
> disk at home.  Will either of these simplify the repair/


Next time use
mkrescue --iso
which creates a bootable CD iso file + burn that to CD.
Then when you lose your MBR or have it overlaid by M$ then you can boot 
from the CD.

Hugo