| 1 |
On Tuesday 20 December 2005 17:45, reader@×××××××.com wrote about |
| 2 |
'[gentoo-user] More on mbr': |
| 3 |
> How can I get a real eyes on look at what is in the MBR. I'm trying |
| 4 |
> this: |
| 5 |
> |
| 6 |
> dd if=/dev/hda of=mbr.img bs=512 count=1 |
| 7 |
> |
| 8 |
> I thought maybe it could be mounted so: |
| 9 |
|
| 10 |
Just how much of a filesystem do you think you can fit in 512 bytes? |
| 11 |
(Hint: this email is probably more than 512 bytes.) |
| 12 |
|
| 13 |
> Any one know what |
| 14 |
> should be in there exactly and how to view it? |
| 15 |
|
| 16 |
Have you tries using od or a hex editor? The mbr is mostly binary data |
| 17 |
used by the bios to locate the right disk offset, read it into memory and |
| 18 |
start executing it. |
| 19 |
|
| 20 |
-- |
| 21 |
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. |
| 22 |
bss03@××××××××××.com |
| 23 |
ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy |
| 24 |
-- |
| 25 |
gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
Archives