On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 17:19 +0200, Maurizio Marini wrote: > On Wednesday 18 June 2008, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > While we're on the subject of mbr's, how big is it? The first 512 bytes of > > the one I just saved is virtually empty. So I overwrote it with a 4kb > > version, b but that is bearing some resemblance to a list of inodes. > AFAIK, it is still 512, by Roman's time, Caesar decided it... > i never have read anything about something different by 512 bytes. If your 512 > bytes are all 00x0 using hexdump, something goes wrong, > Which is the exact command do u issued? > -m > Of the first block on the disk, 446 bytes are the boot code. The rest are the partition tables. -- ======================================================================= "If there isn't a population problem, why is the government putting cancer in the cigarettes?" -- the elder Steptoe, c. 1970 ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
