Re: where does grub put the MBR?

[Nate Bargmann <n0nb@networksplus.net>]

* Alvin Oga <aoga@mail.Linux-Consulting.com> [2006 May 03 07:06 -0500]:

> > > Well the MBR, is always in the same place.  It is *always* the first 512
> > > bytes on the physical disk.
> 
> the MBR is the first 446 bytes of each partition ....
> 	16 bytes for each of the 4 primary partition
> 	 2 bytes for the boot flag
> 
> and if you have more than one partition, the "boot record" is the
> first 448 bytes of each primary primary

So, the MBR (first 512 octets) contains the partition information for
up to four primary partitions or one to three primaries and one extended.
Where are succeeding partition (hda5 and higher) records kept for 
partitions in an extended partition?

- Nate >>

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