On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Robert Watson wrote:

> loader        loadedby        function
> --------------------------------
> mbr   BIOS            whatever, maybe a couple of lines

/boot/mbr is a copy of the classic DOS MBR code.  Used by fdisk.  Simply
loads the partition marked as 'active' (flag 0x80).

Everything else was covered in Neil's handbook piece (which I should
probably grab & commit! :-) )

Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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