* Frans Pop [2007-04-09 21:14:48 +0200]: > On Monday 09 April 2007 20:54, Sergio Gelato wrote: > > Installing GRUB into the MBR in those conditions disables the BIOS' > > "boot to utility partition" functionality. It's not a major loss > > (one can boot from the Dell diagnostics CD instead), just slightly > > inelegant. Don't worry too much about it. > > Can you provide us with any information on how such a partition could be > reliably detected?
It's a FAT partition with ID 0xDE, usually (always?) found at the beginning of the disk. Size varies; on the machine this installation report is about it's on the order of 100 MB. Some file names in it are: autoexec.bat command.com dellbio.bin Dellboot.exe delldiag.com delldiag.exe DellDiag.INI According to http://www.novell.com/documentation/zlm72/lm7admin/data/b3r865p.html some of the "boot to utility partition" functionality relies on special features of Dell's MBR; however, the partition can also be booted from GRUB just like any other DOS partition. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
