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Date:      Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:11:32 +0400
From:      Sergey Zaharchenko <doublef@tele-kom.ru>
To:        Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
Cc:        rchopra@cal.berkeley.edu
Subject:   Re: Reinstalling And /usr
Message-ID:  <20040622041132.GA3453@shark.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20040622032432.GD86471@dan.emsphone.com>
References:  <20040622023931.23097.qmail@web52107.mail.yahoo.com> <20040622032432.GD86471@dan.emsphone.com>

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On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 10:24:33PM -0500,
 Dan Nelson probably wrote:
> In fact, if you know your
> exact mbr info, you should be able to boot the install floppy, go to
> the partition editor, set it up, write, reboot, and you're done.

sysutils/gpart is

> A port of a tool which tries to guess the primary partition table of a
> PC-type hard disk in case the primary partition table in sector 0 is
> damaged, incorrect or deleted. The guessed table can be written to a
> file or device.

This should help you recover your MBR without reinstalling anything.

HTH,

--=20
DoubleF
Hanlon's Razor:
	Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by
stupidity.

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