Re: More grub questions

From: mjt (mjtobler_at_removethis_mail.ru)
Date: 01/29/05


Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 09:19:06 -0600

Leonard Evens wrote:

> First, is there a good place to find out about the structure of the
> master boot record and just exactly what installing grub puts there.
> I've compared a raw XP MBR with one with grub installed and done octal
> dumps, but of course they are a bit hard to interpret.

... you have to disassemble it to understand it. here's a sample:
http://www.haifux.org/lectures/67/mbr-disassembly.txt

google for other hits

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