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ottosykora
October 9th, 2010, 11:28 PM
I am struggling now with the dd copy of the bootsector (for XP bootloader)

I have ubuntu installation on sda8, the grub is in the root partition.

with the dd if=/dev/sda8 of=/dev/sda6/bootsek.lin bs=512 count=1

I am trying to get the bootsector, but since I have to boot with the life CD, all gets confused in the rights.
Can some one pls give me some instruction as what to exactly to do to be allowed to copy it.
Eiter the response is : not allowed, or the sda8 does not exist if it is mounted or what ever.