From: "kitepilot@kitepilot.com" > I went and installed Kubuntu 9.10 (which uses GRUB 2) on the flash > drive and forgot to tell the thing to leave /dev/sda alone... > > Now the machine only boots from the flash drive. > My plan is to backup the 512 bytes of the MBR and (MOST IMPORTANT!) > the partition table and use "something" (insert cloud of ignorance > here) to rebuild the windoze boot record. Run FIXMBR or FDISK /MBR from a 'Doze boot CD. Failing that, get the 446-byte boot record from somewhere and dd it to /dev/sda . There's actually no need to do anything with the partition table here. > Can I trust whichever tool I use (and hope you will tell me) to > leave the partition contents alone or [had] I better dd the whole > 250GB of /dev/sda somewhere else in case *IT* happens? There will be no need to back up things if you use the tools in the previous paragraph. -- Matt G / Dances With Crows The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss