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>> bad enough that many BIOSes look at the MBR >> and expect a partition table there. > Are you saying many x86 Bios do not run the "master boot code" No, you can read what I said. [It is the job of the code in the MBR to load and start the OS. The details depend on the flavor of OS, and it is really annoying to have to fight the BIOS when it expects a 55AA signature or a DOS-type partition table.] Andries Subscribe/Unsubscribe instructions can be found at www.t13.org.
