what is the linux equivalent of fixmbr?

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black_lung : 29/07/04 02:24 AM : Incident created -   It seems Lilo cannot handle my external usb drive. I had the drive turned off when I installed so it wasnt listed in fstab. Its fine if I turn the drive on after Linux loads, but I forgot. It asked me to do a config and I declined. It asks me to do a file system check, then goes to a command line. Out of interest I used mc to look at fstab and to my horror it just has a string of at symbols. Is there a Linux equivalent of fixmbr? I really don't want to have to type in the fstab, as it would be a guess and a wrong one at that. Should I use grub instead? Can it handle external drives?
Flink : 06/08/04 10:58 AM : Reply received -   Do you mean your /etc/fstab is corrupted and you want to recreate it? In this case you should you your Install-CD1 and make an update installation. This will recreate your /etc/fstab file. To configure lilo you edit /etc/lilo.conf and execute /sbin/lilo afterwards.
black_lung : 08/09/04 10:47 AM : Incident closed -

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