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<tt><font size="+1">Hi Rick,<br>
Re: my /dev/sdb:<br>
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dd if=/dev/sdb bs=2 count=1 skip=255 2>/dev/null | od -x<br>
0000000 aa55<br>
0000002<br>
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If these are the bytes that indicate a boot signature,<br>
can they be "null'ed" safely??<br>
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Thanx.<br>
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