On 15 Jan 2003, Bret Hughes wrote: > from the hexdump showing the beginning of the first partition > > 00001c0 001 \0 203 þ ? 003 ? \0 \0 \0 Å ú \0 \0 200 \0 > 00001d0 001 004 \f þ 177 002 004 û \0 \0 ? 202 > \0 \0 \0 > 00001e0 A 003 005 þ ÿ ÿ C } ? \0 û Þ # 002 \0 \0 > 00001f0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 U ª > 0000200 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 > * > 0008000 M S - D O S 6 . 2 P C M N \0 > 0008010 \0 \0 \0 \0 D C C C 003 C : \ D O S \0 > 0008020 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 \0 > * > > > well now that I look at it the first partition according to fdisk is > linux but if the stuff at byte x8000 is some sort of partition > identifier it is showing MS-DOS 6.2 hmmm. > > This machine had windows on it at one time otherwise I don't know. I > thought I was beginning to understand this.
not surprising. in addition to boot code being in the MBR, every partition (IIRC) has a boot sector as well for additional boot code that might be necessary to boot just that partition. what you're seeing is undoubtedly MS-DOS boot code left over from when, as you say, this used to be a DOS machine. when you installed linux and made this a linux partition, because you installed your loader in the MBR (i'm guessing), the boot sector in this partition was left untouched. it's still DOS boot code, it's just being ignored. this is all speculation, but i'm feeling pretty confident. rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
