Andrew McGlashan wrote:
Okay, 446 + 64 adds to 510, what about the other 2 bytes?
Okay this explains all the byte usage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record
Address Description Size in bytes
0 code area 440 (max. 446)
440 disk signature (optional) 4
444 Usually nulls; 0x0000 2
446 Table of primary
partitions [1] 64
510 55h MBR Signature
511 AAh 0xAA55h 2
[1] Four 16-byte entries, IBM partition table scheme.
NB: this is further described at the wiki link above.
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