missing hexdump – install hexdump on debian – needed for bootinfoscript (link included)

 

Bootinfoscript- is a script that can be run on your system and it will scan every drive to tell you what kind of boot loader is on each drive and thus tell you how your system is booting with a complete indepth analysis and report. simple and easy to run. It needs hexdump to run. hexdump isnt just a simple apt-get install, its another simple apt-get install is all Cool

where to get hexdump
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apt-get install bsdmainutils

this will give you hexdump
along with:
root@knas312:~# dpkg -L bsdmainutils | egrep bin
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/printerbanner
/usr/bin/hexdump
/usr/bin/colcrt
/usr/bin/calendar
/usr/bin/ncal
/usr/bin/bsd-write
/usr/bin/look
/usr/bin/colrm
/usr/bin/bsd-from
/usr/bin/column
/usr/bin/ul
/usr/bin/col
/usr/bin/lorder
/usr/bin/cal
/usr/bin/hd
boot info script – necessary downloads and how to run
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Download here:
cd /
wget LINK < get link from browser
here is where the download is: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/?
tar -zxvf bootinfo*
apt-get update
apt-get install gawk
apt-get install bsdmainutils
to find out what boot loader you have
./bootinfoscript outputfile.txt

 

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