From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, July 11, 2021 at 8:07:57 PM UTC+10, Joe Monk wrote:   
      
   > > and Bochs accepted that. Bochs can't handle the vhdx   
   > > though.   
   > >   
   > VHDX is for Hyper-V Server 2019. Use VHD instead. Same format.   
      
   I was skeptical, but this is fantastic. If I create a VHD,   
   it is accepted by Bochs. It seems that it is a raw hard   
   disk image followed by 512 bytes, according to this:   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHD_(file_format)   
      
   I was surprised though - initializing and formatting a   
   VHD creates an MBR, but does not create a VBR with   
   a 55AA signature.   
      
   Yet the file system is usable by Windows. Not to boot   
   though.   
      
   But I have been relying on the contents of the VBR to   
   tell me how many bytes per sector there are etc.   
   How can you cope without a BPB???   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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