cheetos316
06-23-2010, 05:00 PM
I have a USB flash drive that I suspect has a corrupt mbr and found this page (http://www.pendrivelinux.com/install-a-new-mbr-to-your-usb-flash-device/)which says:
Fixing the Master Boot Record:
We will be installing the mbr package and then use it to create the new mbr on the USB flash drive
1. Open a terminal and type sudo su
2. Type apt-get install mbr
3. Type fdisk -l to find out which device is your flash drive
4. Type install-mbr /dev/sdx (replacing x with your flash device)
Sadly I don't have linux installed on my computer and figured that XTerm on my N810 is the closest thing I have to a terminal in linux. However, it doesn't seem to work. sudo su doesn't work but I used sudo gainroot (I'm not even sure if those are similiar) but when I type in apt-get install mbr, it says, "Couldn't find package mbr." Is this a lost cause? Should I find an actual linux distro to use on my computer?
And while we're on the linux distro topic, what is a good one for a linux newbie? Do I have to worry about finding drivers for the mobo, video card, etc.? How do I know what type of linux it is? I've seen the terms Debian, Ubuntu, KDE, Redhat, etc. tossed around. Any differences/preferences?
Thanks!
Fixing the Master Boot Record:
We will be installing the mbr package and then use it to create the new mbr on the USB flash drive
1. Open a terminal and type sudo su
2. Type apt-get install mbr
3. Type fdisk -l to find out which device is your flash drive
4. Type install-mbr /dev/sdx (replacing x with your flash device)
Sadly I don't have linux installed on my computer and figured that XTerm on my N810 is the closest thing I have to a terminal in linux. However, it doesn't seem to work. sudo su doesn't work but I used sudo gainroot (I'm not even sure if those are similiar) but when I type in apt-get install mbr, it says, "Couldn't find package mbr." Is this a lost cause? Should I find an actual linux distro to use on my computer?
And while we're on the linux distro topic, what is a good one for a linux newbie? Do I have to worry about finding drivers for the mobo, video card, etc.? How do I know what type of linux it is? I've seen the terms Debian, Ubuntu, KDE, Redhat, etc. tossed around. Any differences/preferences?
Thanks!