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Modified: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml |
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Log: |
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Fix bug #496564 - More truthful explanation of MBR and 32-bit stuff |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.40 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml?rev=1.40&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml?rev=1.40&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml?r1=1.39&r2=1.40 |
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Index: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.39 |
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retrieving revision 1.40 |
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diff -u -r1.39 -r1.40 |
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--- hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml 31 Dec 2013 20:43:07 -0000 1.39 |
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+++ hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml 23 Jan 2014 19:43:16 -0000 1.40 |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml,v 1.40 2014/01/23 19:43:16 swift Exp $ --> |
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<sections> |
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This chapter describes how to partition a disk for future usage. |
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</abstract> |
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-<version>31</version> |
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-<date>2013-12-31</date> |
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+<version>32</version> |
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+<date>2014-01-23</date> |
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<section> |
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<title>Introduction to Block Devices</title> |
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The <e>MBR (Master Boot Record)</e> setup uses 32-bit identifiers for |
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-partitions, and supports three partition types: <e>primary</e>, |
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+the start sector and length of the partitions, and supports three partition |
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+types: <e>primary</e>, |
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<e>extended</e> and <e>logical</e>. Primary partitions have their information |
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stored in the master boot record itself - a very small (usually 512 bytes) |
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location at the very beginning of a disk. Due to this small space, only four |
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