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Re: Urgend help needed: grub2 overwrote my encrypted hd0 mbr installing


From: Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Subject: Re: Urgend help needed: grub2 overwrote my encrypted hd0 mbr installing ubuntu 9.10 on a USB stick
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:29:03 +0100
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> Yes, yes yes - it is my fault and very sorry sorry asking for your
> attention.
>
This mailing list isn't for help request. If you want help, especially
urgently come to #grub on IRC
>
>     * I told Ubuntu not to touch my hd0
>     * I did not check the default setting and this way grub2 went on
>       my encrypted hd0 (probably only the mbr was overwritten)
>     * The USB stick does not boot now (what is out of interest right
>       now) - but I can access it with the help of the live CD
>     * I can not access my pc anymore because of the overwritten mbr
>     * I did not found a backup copy of my hd0 mbr on the usb stick
>     * I was looking in the grub2 doc and man
>     * I searched this mailing list archive for mbr
>
>
> HERE IS MY QUESTION: Does grub2 save the overwritten mbr anyhow so
> that I can write it back with dd? Please please could you give me a
> hint if there is a backup of the mbr.
>
>
> I need my pc tomorrow morning for my work. So it is really urgent.
>
>
>
> Thomas
>
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Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
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