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Backing up the bootsector

Afraid you might mess up your MBR? Back up the bootsector:

dd if=/dev/hda of=bootsector.img bs=512 count=1

If anything goes wrong, you can boot from a LiveCD and restore the bootsector with

dd if=bootsector.img of=/dev/hda

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  1. 27 04 2009 : Backup your bootsector « Linux & Stuff

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