Re: partition table read incorrectly

From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
Date: Wed Oct 03 2001 - 11:21:03 EST


>> Maybe there is still "0xaa55" on the disk at 0x1fe and the kernel
>> thinks it is a DOS partition?

> Note that that is true for *ANY* partition scheme which is bootable,
> since this is a requirement of the boot firmware interface, rather of
> any particular partitioning scheme...

You mean on i386 hardware? With the most common BIOS versions?

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