On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 11:04:21PM -0600, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: > On Sat, Jan 25, 2014, at 08:53 AM, Marc Espie wrote: > > I agree with "so-called" having negative connotations. > > > > I think both those instances are using it intentionally, namely there > > are nasty surprises in some MBR blocks that are not covered by > > the so-called MBR standard. > > There's an actual MBR standard? If so, maintained by whom?
Precisely. MBR is a dark art. We know we produce valid MBR blocks because machines don't blow up on us...
