Re: where does grub put the MBR?

[Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@sbcglobal.net>]

Digby Tarvin wrote:
> On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 04:16:08PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote:
>
> > * 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?
>
>
> In the extended partitions themselves. The extended partition has its
> own MBR which contains two partitions entries - one for a logical
> partition, and the second for another 'extended partition' which
> repeats the process. 

[snip]

Sorry to reply so late. There is exactly ONE MBR per disc. The extended
partition does indeed have information about volumes contained in it,
but this does not constitute an MBR.

Otherwise, good information.

Mike
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