On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 19:27, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > 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. >
Thanks Robert. That makes sense. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
