I've installed an usb image on Pen drive along with MBR. Now, I need to use this USB pen for other purpose. Is there a way in Linux to delete the mbr (just like dos fdisk /mbr command)?
You can delete the mbr (master boot recored) using the dd command itself. The following command will completely delete your MBR, which contains all your partition information. So make sure you use the correct device name:
Sample outputs:
You can delete the mbr (master boot recored) using the dd command itself. The following command will completely delete your MBR, which contains all your partition information. So make sure you use the correct device name:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=1Sample outputs:
1+0 records in 1+0 records out 512 bytes (512 B) copied, 0.00308483 s, 166 kB/s
/dev/sdc is your USB pen device.
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