Re: MBR


"Bill Cunningham" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> How to I read the Master Boot Record? Is there a certain format to
read
> MBRs I'm sure there must be? I would like to access it and write something
> that I could change partition types and sizes. If I need to write it in C.
>
> Bill
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I f you have the source distribution of linux, you might look at the LILO
source code. It seems to me there was a description of the MBR, although
the code as I remember was convoluted. I did modify my own copy sometime
back, but it is long gone.

barry


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