Re: [LI] Laptop Woes

[Sunil Thomas T <s_thoams@xxxxxxxxx>]

Arun sharma wrote
 
> $ dd if=/dev/hda of=mbr  bs=512  count=1
> 
> and then do 
> 
> $ od -x mbr
> 
> or do
> 
> $ od -x /dev/hda | head -n 32


   ok! But only root can do this. Not meant for
ordinary mortals (  $ prompt appearing above)
 
> No, I'm not aware of any such utility. Under 18s are
> allowed to
> see neither hex dumps nor purchase Corel Linux ;)
> They should use
> the KDE interface to fdisk :)
 
    I am permitted to do both as I am 32 ( but still a
student)  
     -sunil

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