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[Jeremy Kolb <jkolb AT brandeis.edu>]

is there a grub option for boot on the new iso?

Jeremy

Eric Womack wrote:

> Quoting "Sergey A. Lipnevich" <sergeyli AT pisem.net>:
>  
>
> > > I have cleared the MBR and am re-installing.  If this works, it would be
> > >      
> > nice 
> >    
> >
> > > to have that option available from the install menu.
> > >
> > >      
> > Which option? To reset MBR? Can't you use one of the partitioning tools 
> > offered during install?
> >    
>
> Yes, and Yes I could, I was just saying it would be a nice menu option so I 
> don't have to shell out of an install.
>
>  
>
> > Or isn't lilo doing this if you edit 
> > /etc/lilo.conf appropriately?
> >    
>
> No, it isn't.  And now, having re-installed again (after wiping the MBR), it 
> doesn't boot at all!
>
> For the record, I wiped it with this:
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 
>
> I am now going to do the whole drive, and start over.
>
>