Formatting a disk

[Daniel Carrera]

Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Here is another idea: I could use dd to copy only the first 440 bytes 
> (instead of the first 512 bytes). It looks like the first 440 bytes 
> contain the bootloader and the other 72 bytes contain the partition 
> information.
> 
>  From Wikipedia:
> 
> Layout of Master Boot Record

Make that 446 bytes. The bootloader is in the first 446 bytes. So if I 
use dd to copy only the first 446 bytes I'll have copied the boot loader 
but left the partition table intact.

Now I need a method to get a working partition table on this drive. 
fdisk barfs on it. I'll see if I can get sfdisk to work.

Cheers,
Daniel.
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