./mbrsaverestore.txt

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 Once you have Linux running you can save the boot record with the command:
  
   dd if=/dev/hda of=/boot/boot.MBR bs=512 count=1
  
 It can then be restored with:
  
   dd if=/boot/boot.MBR of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1
  
 or if you do not want/need to overwrite the partition table with: 
  
   dd if=/boot/boot.MBR of=/dev/hda bs=446 count=1
  
 as the partition table is kept in the last 66 bytes of the MBR.

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