Re: [PLUG] Cross-platform hardware problem

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

Bob Schwier wrote:

> If you are truly desparate, and I have been with that same screw up,
> rewrite the master boot record under Norton's Diskedit with a generic mbr
> which is given in the book that comes with Norton 8.0 for DOS though not
> with the later system works.  The other alternative is to use Diskedit or
> Edlin and zero the blasted thing out so it has to rebuild itself.
> With the first method, you can save your programs, with the later, you are
> trashing the harddrive as surely as using a format command.
> bs
>  

I'm sorry if this is way off (I haven't been paying close attention to 
this thread because I don't like to read long replies.), but, would 
installing GRUB as a boot loader help?

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