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   Malcolm to bad sector   
   Re: Yast Boot Loader setup   
   03 Apr 23 16:16:27   
   
   From: malcolmlewis@linuxmail.org.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 3 Apr 2023 15:34:20 -0400   
   bad sector  wrote:   
      
      
   > >   
   > > It is not protected-mbr, but protective-mbr.   
   >   
   > I don't really know what MBR is (seeing that that acronym doesn't   
   > even hint at any physical description) but unlesss I missed something   
   > the once exclusive root sector (a very definitive physical   
   > descriptor) is no longer entirely reserved for booting so only a part   
   > of it may used for that. To me that means truncated in use at least   
   > if not physically.   
   >   
      
   Hi   
   Master Boot Record where the boot code goes on a dos type disk that   
   could be hacked, hence the move to gpt and protected mbr boot location.   
      
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