If Paul did say that, he's wrong. The _Master_ boot record is on hda - the first sector.
My mistake, I misunderstood by not seeing the difference between hda and hda1. If I've been able to follow this thread since I started it then I get the idea that while there is a _Master_ BR at the start of hda, there is also a space at the start of hda1 and each partition - for the purpose of each partition being able to be bootable and hold a boot manager.
I am basically on track?
Duncan
