DOS ain't dead - DOS specifications ("standards")

DOS specifications ("standards") (Developers)

posted by marcov, 22.11.2020, 22:35

> (a) add a new signature and/or checksum to the existing MBR format.
> Perhaps the CHS fields could be used to store the extended LBA fields.
> Alternatively, some additional space could be reserved.

How much of partition table is actually validated by the BIOS?

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