Master Boot Record - Revision history

Jsummers: Category:Booting

2017-08-15T14:49:52Z

Category:Booting

2017-06-30T15:06:48Z

Added Kaitai Struct link

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2015-04-15T12:44:35Z

‎Resources

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07c0:0000 is the normalized (canonical) address (see e.g. http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/debug/Segments.html#NORM)

2015-03-14T21:40:39Z

2012-11-27T12:39:07Z

Add infobox

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	* [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Dz7HAho4RCg/VS2RqkPFTAI/AAAAAAAAAdU/E8Q4lG08xwU/s1600/MBR101.png MBR format poster]		* [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Dz7HAho4RCg/VS2RqkPFTAI/AAAAAAAAAdU/E8Q4lG08xwU/s1600/MBR101.png MBR format poster]

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 * [[wikipedia:Master boot record|Master boot record]]
 * [http://thestarman.narod.ru/asm/mbr/STDMBR.htm An Examination of the Standard MBR (Master Boot Record)]
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 The '''Master Boot Record''' is the first sector of a [[wikipedia:IBM PC compatible|PC]] disk. It contains the first stage of the boot loader and a partition table. A valid MBR ends with the byte sequence {{magic|55 aa}}.
-During booting the PC [[BIOS]] loads the MBR at linear address 0x7c00 and passes control to it (at real mode address 0000:7c00, or sometimes 07c0:0000). The MBR code is responsible for loading the rest of the boot loader, which then loads the operating system.
+During booting the PC [[BIOS]] loads the MBR at linear address 0x7c00 and passes control to it (at real mode address 07c0:0000, or sometimes 0000:7c00). The MBR code is responsible for loading the rest of the boot loader, which then loads the operating system.
 == Resources ==

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-: '''Master Boot Record'''
+The '''Master Boot Record''' is the first sector of a [[wikipedia:IBM PC compatible|PC]] disk. It contains the first stage of the boot loader and a partition table. A valid MBR ends with the byte sequence {{magic|55 aa}}.
-=Introduction=
-A Master Boot Record is necessary to boot an [[Operating Systems|operating system]] on a [[PC]]. In most cases it is located at cylinder 0, head 0, sector 1 of the first hard drive. It contains executable code, error messages and a partition table.
+During booting the PC [[BIOS]] loads the MBR at linear address 0x7c00 and passes control to it (at real mode address 0000:7c00, or sometimes 07c0:0000). The MBR code is responsible for loading the rest of the boot loader, which then loads the operating system.
 =Resources=
-[http://thestarman.narod.ru/asm/mbr/STDMBR.htm An Examination of the Standard MBR (Master Boot Record)]
+== Resources ==
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-: ''Master Boot Record''
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 =Introduction=
 A Master Boot Record is necessary to boot an [[Operating Systems|operating system]] on a [[PC]]. In most cases it is located at cylinder 0, head 0, sector 1 of the first hard drive. It contains executable code, error messages and a partition table.