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| author | Gene Cumm <gene.cumm@gmail.com> | 2013-06-23 12:19:08 -0400 |
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| committer | Gene Cumm <gene.cumm@gmail.com> | 2013-06-23 12:19:08 -0400 |
| commit | 2e6ccfe2bc38f11dd4696ea1bb4b1c32f47c9c91 (patch) | |
| tree | 098e74658d204cf8819118718c4e1b6545d184fa | |
| parent | 3bb57724dbcf5d5eb54f568c1fb0ea2b0c948b6a (diff) | |
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txt/syslinux.txt: rewrap long command
Signed-off-by: Gene Cumm <gene.cumm@gmail.com>
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/txt/syslinux.txt b/txt/syslinux.txt index b47ea28d..59666635 100644 --- a/txt/syslinux.txt +++ b/txt/syslinux.txt @@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ the partition as active. For altmbr.bin, an easy way to overwrite the MBR boot block and specify the partion number is: + - printf '\1' | cat altmbr.bin - | dd bs=440 count=1 iflag=fullblock \ - conv=notrunc of=/dev/sda + printf '\1' | cat altmbr.bin - | dd bs=440 count=1 \ + iflag=fullblock conv=notrunc of=/dev/sda + Note: using 'cat' for writing the MBR can under some circumstances cause data loss or overwritting. For this reason, using 'dd' is recommended |