At 2004-09-08T10:43:12+1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > How is it calculated? It's implicit that fdisk /mbr rewrites it too > after writing the boot code.
It's a fixed (magic) number: 0x55aa. This means it's not affected by
the particular boot code you have installed, or your partition
configuration, so in most cases it won't be in an incorrect state... but
it's something to be aware of if you're messing around with the MBR.
Cheers,
-mjg
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