Urgend help needed: grub2 overwrote my encrypted hd0 mbr installing ubuntu 9.10 on a USB stick

Urgend help needed: grub2 overwrote my encrypted hd0 mbr installing ubuntu 9.10 on a USB stick

[Thomas Höhenleitner]

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Yes, yes yes - it is my fault and very sorry sorry asking for your
attention.


   - 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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Re: Urgend help needed: grub2 overwrote my encrypted hd0 mbr installing ubuntu 9.10 on a USB stick

[Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko]

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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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>
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> Grub-devel mailing list
> Grub-devel@gnu.org
> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
>  =20


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Regards
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Personal git repository: http://repo.or.cz/w/grub2/phcoder.git=20



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Re: Urgend help needed: grub2 overwrote my encrypted hd0 mbr installing ubuntu 9.10 on a USB stick

[Carles Pina i Estany]

Hi,

On Nov/08/2009, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> > 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

in irc.freenode.org , of course :-)


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