From: fruktopus@gmail.com (Stephan Müller)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Can i change address of Master Boot Record
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 10:51:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5385A385.3070307@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJX40TE=FBnwGg02gGePh_K=z0eeMtPvkdJ+eqtaM_Cp_s8Cng@mail.gmail.com>
Saurabh Jain:
> Hello every one !
>
> I was reading the booting process of Linux kernel. I got to know that
> generally the location of MBR is first sector of the bootable device. I
> want to know that whether we can change the location (Starting address )
> of Master Boot Record or not . Can we do this for Linux and Windows both.
As far as I understand, you can leave the beginning (first 512 bytes -
partition table) of your MBR empty (NULL). Then, the BIOS will look into
your partition table for a partition with enabled boot flag. If present
it will look there for a boot loader.
I don't know if this is something you were looking for. Anyways, you
will not be able to change the location of your MBR unless your BIOS
explicitly supports that, but I never heard of such options.
frukto
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-28 8:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-28 7:58 Can i change address of Master Boot Record Saurabh Jain
2014-05-28 8:12 ` Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
2014-05-28 8:16 ` Kristofer Hallin
2014-05-28 8:51 ` Stephan Müller [this message]
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