"Giacomo A. Catenazzi" <c...@debian.org> writes: > Ferenc Wagner wrote: > >> "Giacomo A. Catenazzi" <c...@debian.org> writes: >> >>> Does grub use the unallocated disk space near the MBR? >> >> Yes. As far as I know, even grub2 does so, but pls. correct me. > > So next question: why does windoze installation write to these block > (but not to MBR)? Ah, ok the "windoze" in question is already the > answer ;-)
Linux installation (with grub, that is, in most of the cases) writes there as well. On what basis do you blame Windows for the same? > http://lwn.net/Articles/322777/ Thanks, that was a very interesting read. -- Cheers, Feri. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
