From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MGgG8-00031U-8U for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:32:00 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MGgG2-0002sq-45 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:31:54 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MGgFx-0002qc-DR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:31:53 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49464 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MGgFx-0002qX-8c for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:31:49 -0400 Received: from elasmtp-masked.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.68]:59780) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MGgFw-0005HA-Tq for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:31:49 -0400 Received: from [24.148.247.152] (helo=[192.168.0.199]) by elasmtp-masked.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1MGgFw-0003iq-9n for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:31:48 -0400 Message-ID: <4A38110A.5090801@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:39:22 -0400 From: BandiPat Organization: Magic Page Products User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <4A37E264.4060501@cox.net> <4A37F4D1.5030502@earthlink.net> <4A37F9BB.1030301@earthlink.net> <1245182128.3489.13.camel@fz.local> In-Reply-To: <1245182128.3489.13.camel@fz.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: c85a64c14a050764b95206241ab561599ef193a6bfc3dd48108288a4ba4f548abaeb20e0dfc393a827b02ac19e33883a350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.148.247.152 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 Subject: Re: A strange occurrence X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:31:54 -0000 Felix Zielcke wrote: > You'd only need to look at the wikipedia MBR page for this: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record ----------- And where were you when I needed all this data! ;-) I did all kinds of searches, but didn't find this info. As I mentioned, I found the 512 bytes first, then 446, so that's what I've been using. Anyway, thanks for the additional info and Wiki site. I should learn to search for the Wiki sites right away. :-/ Pat -- ---Zenwalk v6.0--Linux 2.6.28--- Registered Linux User #225206 "Ever tried Zen computing?" http://www.zenwalk.org