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Linux-Announce Digest #171
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Wed Jun 29 05:13:04 2005
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Linux-Announce Digest #171, Volume #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2005 05:13:02 EDT
Contents:
ANNOUNCE: GRUBconfig! (robotti@godmail.com)
ANNOUNCE: Backup/Restore MBR! (robotti@godmail.com)
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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 07:26:37 CST
From: robotti@godmail.com
Reply-To: robotti@godmail.com
Subject: ANNOUNCE: GRUBconfig!
The script `grubconfig' helps you install the GRUB bootloader on
your Linux system.
It requires the `bash' shell and the `dialog' program to run.
It supports IDE and SCSI devices and has no support for RAID devices.
You can get it here:
http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux
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From: robotti@godmail.com
Subject: ANNOUNCE: Backup/Restore MBR!
Date: 28 Jun 2005 12:30:22 GMT
Reply-To: robotti@godmail.com
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You can use the shell script 'backup-mbr' to backup and restore the MBR.
The (M)aster (B)oot (R)ecord is the first 512 bytes of your hard drive,
and you should always have a current backup of your MBR!
To hold the MBR, you can use any media with a filesystem on it,
but the filesystem on the media must be supported by the kernel!
In addition to backing up the MBR of the hard drive you specify, it also
makes a backup of the boot sector from each partition on the hard drive.
Backup MBR from /dev/hda to directory /mbr/hda on /dev/fd0.
# backup-mbr -b -d /mbr/hda hda fd0 "If directory doesn't exist, will create."
Restore MBR to /dev/hda from backup in directory /mbr/hda on /dev/fd0.
# backup-mbr -r -d /mbr/hda hda fd0
Restore boot sector to /dev/hda1 from backup in directory /mbr/hda on /dev/fd0.
# backup-mbr -r -d /mbr/hda hda1 fd0
If you want to backup the MBR to a multi-session CD-RW, do this.
# backup-mbr -cd-multi -b -d /mbr/hda hda hdc
You'll need 'cdrecord' and 'mkisofs' installed, and have a CD in the
drive '/dev/hdc'.
If it's not a multi-session CD-RW, do it this way.
# backup-mbr -cd -b -d /mbr/hda hda hdc "CD will be written multi-session."
The non multi-session CD-RW must be blank, blank it first if it's not.
cdrecord blank=fast dev=/dev/hdc "You'll loose anything on the CD."
Restore MBR to /dev/hda from backup in directory /mbr/hda on /dev/hdc.
# backup-mbr -r -d /mbr/hda hda hdc
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You can get backup-mbr here:
http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux
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