[LI] MBR

[Raj Mathur <raju@xxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Sumit" == Sumit Rangwala <sumitr@xxxxxxxx> writes:

    Sumit>  We know that if our MBR get corrupt we can rescue it using
    Sumit> fdisk /mbr in dos

    Sumit> What is the counter part of this in unix or Linux.

Just re-run lilo as root.

    Sumit> And how this command rebuild the mbr info ?  Is there a
    Sumit> copy of mbr elsewhere on the disk?

lilo stores the original MBR in /boot (or somewhere, depending on your 
distribution).  You can copy that back if you know what you're doing
and don't have a weak heart (in other words, BE CAREFUL!).

- -- Raju
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