Hi, I've seen that syslinux does include also a MBR record. But how can I install it on a HD? And how can I backup the previous MBR? bye! -- Paolo Salvan _______________________________ X v i s i o n Via Vigonovese 123A 35127 - Padova - Italy +39 049 8709427 tel +39 049 8709426 fax www.xvision.it
Hi, I've seen that syslinux does include also a MBR record. But how can I install it on a HD under Windows? And how can I backup the previous MBR? Does syslinux help us on this task also? bye! -- Paolo Salvan _______________________________ X v i s i o n Via Vigonovese 123A 35127 - Padova - Italy +39 049 8709427 tel +39 049 8709426 fax www.xvision.it
Paolo Salvan wrote:> Hi, > > I've seen that syslinux does include also a MBR record. > > But how can I install it on a HD under Windows? And how can I backup the > previous MBR? > > Does syslinux help us on this task also? > > bye! >I do not have an MBR installer for Windows at this time. There is no real reason to use the syslinux one over the one that FDISK /MBR installs, though. -hpa
Joel Ebel wrote:> Peter, I sent you a patch for systlinux a while ago that installed the > MBR in windows. Did it get forgotten? You said you'd try to remember > to put it in the next release.Well, I grabbed the patch, mangled it a bit and put it in. I split your -m option into an -m option to write the MBR and an -a option to make the selected partition active. This functionality should probably be added to the DOS installer as well. Anyway, it's in 3.00-pre3 which I just put out. I should warn you that I have had zero time to test it, literally; so please do some testing for me. -hpa