Re: [OT] Linux should not be booting
>>> MS-Windows used to have an undocumented switch "fdisk /mbr" which would
>>> remap the MBR and erase any copy of lilo or grub present. I don't know if
>>> they still have that option.
>>
>> Undocumented?
>>
>> The command above works pre-XP.
>>
>> For XP, it is fixmbr and/or fixboot..
>>
>> For Vista and Seven, it is bootrec /fixmbr and/or bootrec /rebuildbcd.
>
> Thank you! I'm going to be needing that information soon to re-install a DOS-style
> master boot record on a number of machines and move lilo to the boot sector
> for the /boot partition.
You're welcome. I hope that you have an actual Windows CD/DVD to use
the above commands given that most manufacturers ship recovery CDs
only that may or may not allow you to use these commands. :(
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