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|    MBR and sector size    |
|    29 Oct 21 17:16:01    |
      From: muta...@gmail.com              I noticed from here:              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record              that the first 512 bytes of the hard disk doesn't store       the sector size. So when you need to get to the first       partition, you have the LBA number, but you don't know       how many bytes you need to seek to.              I guess this means I need to configure my hard disks       in my own BIOS and OS with the sector size.              BFN. Paul.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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