Pascal Hambourg composed on 2017-07-22 11:03 (UTC+0200): > Felix Miata composed:
>> To be clear, in MBR systems I only ever install DOS or OS/2 on a primary >> partition. All other OS go on logicals. Except for one ancient PC that has >> only >> WinXP on it (which I did not install), at least one primary is always EXT2 >> with >> Grub Legacy and little else, unless the disk is a pure data-only disk, in >> which >> case its MBR sector is empty but for the partition table. > If this disk is bootable by BIOS, then its MBR must contain a boot > program, at least the DOS/Windows standard MBR program or compatible > (such as the ones installed by install-mbr or lilo -M). By definition, a data-only disk is not bootable. On my data-only disks I use a sector editor if necessary to fill the first 446 bytes of its first sector with nulls. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
