Re: [Clonezilla-live] [1.2.6-24-i686] Doesn't update partition ID

[Gilles <cod...@fr...>]

Hello

At 15:46 12/10/2010, Steven Shiau wrote:
> > //This is what I use:
> > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=440 count=1
> >
>  From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record you can tell the
>max is 446.

Right, so I was wondering if I should zero out the first 446 bytes? 
The reason I ask, is the command above that I read on the web. So can 
you/someone confirm that zeroing out the 446 bytes is the right thing 
to do, or are there side-effects I should know about?

Thank you.