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Old 01-11-2004, 07:05 PM   #1
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Exclamation Master Boot Record


I want to install Red Hat Linux 9.0 on my machine. I had a friend download it for me and burn it on a CD (he also installed it on a machine he has). I was talking to him on how to install it and he told me that he ran into a problem during the installation with a problem with the Master Boot Record. He said he fixed it with FDISK. I wanted to know the details of this problem and how to fix it before I even try to install Red Hat.
 
Old 01-11-2004, 07:52 PM   #2
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Welcome to LQ, linuxuser.

Without further information about what the problem you friend encountered, it is almost impossible to say what you may need to do. Sorry - a little more info needed.
 
Old 01-11-2004, 07:53 PM   #3
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My best guess would be fdisk /mbr which deletes the master boot record.. but it's nearly impossible to just randomly guess right at the problem he encountered and what he did to cure it.
 
Old 01-11-2004, 07:57 PM   #4
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? Maybe he needed to move a partion so that Linux could have the first 1024 lines to boot properly?
 
  


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