Re: how to clear mbr

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On 5/16/07, Greg Folkert <greg@gregfolkert.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 23:37 -0700, Serena Cantor wrote:
> > I am installing Win2k, which will co-exist with sarge
> > I believe sarge install lilo at mbr, this cause trouble for win2k's installation.
> > So I should clear mbr.
> >
> > which linux command should I use?
>
>         dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1
>
> That will erase any MBR. If your drive is not /dev/hda then please use
> the proper one (such as /dev/hde or /dev/sda or what have you)
>
> Please remember also, that Windows REQUIRES the use of the first Primary
> partition and it *WILL* assume it is the ONLY operating system to be on
> the machine. This WILL cause you difficulty.
>
> But you can then install Etch, and be happy.


I have found that W2K doesn't wipe out the grub menu tho XP does. And
installing W2K over grub shouldn't cause a problem, should it? It will
j ust overwrite the mbr.  Is it really needed to do that dd command
before installing W2K?

Regards,
Deboo


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