-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Springer wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 29.12.2005, 14:32 +0000 schrieb Craig McLean: > >>> You can read master boot record and search on it. >>> dd if=/dev/hda of=~/mbr.bak bs=512 count=1 >>> then: cat ~/mbr.bak >>> the result is not very nice, but there can be read sometinh like "GRUB >>> GeomHard DiskRead Error" for grub, I have't lilo, but think there must >>> be something else in result of cat :) >> You might be better off using 'strings ~/mbr.bak', rather than a pure >> 'cat'. >> > fwiw > > # file ~/mbr.bak > mbr.bak: x86 boot sector, GRand Unified Bootloader (0.94), code offset > 0x48 Ooooh. I learn something every day! C. - -- Craig McLean http://fukka.co.uk craig@xxxxxxxxxxx Where the fun never starts Powered by FreeBSD, and GIN! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDtARwMDDagS2VwJ4RAsb7AJ4np+2enZqZ0JwlWcaAdol9jZ43AgCgxhgs OadYtBsRa0ElWkvdzvJmmnU= =QSRm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----