Comments on: Digging through the MBR (Master Boot Record) http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2006/09/09/digging-through-the-mbr/ Blog O' Matty Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:31:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Darwish http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2006/09/09/digging-through-the-mbr/comment-page-1/#comment-825558 Darwish Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:32:38 +0000 http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2006/09/09/digging-through-the-mbr/#comment-825558 Note that some of this disassembly, especially the last lines are data, not code. An example is the last word in the above mbr: 0xaa55. It's not real-mode x86, it's a flag to tell the BIOS the mbr is a valid boot record. Note that some of this disassembly, especially the last lines are data, not code.

An example is the last word in the above mbr: 0xaa55. It’s not real-mode x86, it’s a flag to tell the BIOS the mbr is a valid boot record.

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