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Date:      Thu, 9 Dec 1999 09:48:42 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: question about boot loaders
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912090941260.73726-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991209024113.26554D-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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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
dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu     |  www.FreeBSD.org





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