noneloud Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Can someone tell me how to repair the master boot record through unix terminal. I can't find the command online, and I'm trying to do so using my OSX86 dvd. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5399-repair-master-boot-record-in-unix/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Can someone tell me how to repair the master boot record through unix terminal. I can't find the command online, and I'm trying to do so using my OSX86 dvd. Saving the mbr with dd: dd if=/dev/hda of=/tmp/mymbr.img bs=512 count=1 Restore: dd if=/tmp/mymbr.img of=/dev/hda You can use linux live-CD if you have nothing else. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5399-repair-master-boot-record-in-unix/#findComment-34246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutahir Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 I was in the same situation and after going thru man pages i found out the following which fixed the prob for me : fdisk -u will overwrite a new mbr i used it to get rid of Grub and to boat with only osx86 loader hope it helps regards Mutahir Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5399-repair-master-boot-record-in-unix/#findComment-37030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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