Live Linux Distro with linux-mbr
by hmalissa from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5NW72)
I'm looking for a live linux distribution (ideally a bootable USB stick) that contains a package called "linux-mbr", sometimes called "mbr" (https://packages.debian.org/sid/mbr).
On https://www.techsupportforum.com/thr...he-mbr.669641/ Knoppix 7.02 is recommended; however, this seems to be an older distribution that is no longer available. Modern Knoppix versions do not have this package. I tried with Ubuntu as well, but apt-get does not recognize linux-mbr or mbr.
The background: I have an older computer that has Windows 7 and Linux, and boots via grub2 in the MBR. This works well enough, but I'd like to get rid of the Linux partition because I don't use it much and I'd like to use the disk space for Windows 7. I can configure grub to immediately chain load Windows 7, but grub needs its configuration file and other stages on the Linux partition, so I can't really delete the Linux partition just yet. I found the description of "install-mbr" (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/...all-mbr.8.html), which seems to be able to hard-wire the MBR to automatically chain load Windows 7, without the need for configuration files and other stages on the Linux partition. However, this package seems to be rare nowadays, and I couldn't find a live Linux distribution that contains this package.
Does anybody know a USB live Linux distribution that contains "linux-mbr" or "mbr" or "install-mbr", or, alternatively, another tool that could achieve the same thing?
Thanks a lot
On https://www.techsupportforum.com/thr...he-mbr.669641/ Knoppix 7.02 is recommended; however, this seems to be an older distribution that is no longer available. Modern Knoppix versions do not have this package. I tried with Ubuntu as well, but apt-get does not recognize linux-mbr or mbr.
The background: I have an older computer that has Windows 7 and Linux, and boots via grub2 in the MBR. This works well enough, but I'd like to get rid of the Linux partition because I don't use it much and I'd like to use the disk space for Windows 7. I can configure grub to immediately chain load Windows 7, but grub needs its configuration file and other stages on the Linux partition, so I can't really delete the Linux partition just yet. I found the description of "install-mbr" (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/...all-mbr.8.html), which seems to be able to hard-wire the MBR to automatically chain load Windows 7, without the need for configuration files and other stages on the Linux partition. However, this package seems to be rare nowadays, and I couldn't find a live Linux distribution that contains this package.
Does anybody know a USB live Linux distribution that contains "linux-mbr" or "mbr" or "install-mbr", or, alternatively, another tool that could achieve the same thing?
Thanks a lot