MBR (x86): Revision history

9 July 2023

• curprev 18:0818:08, 9 July 2023‎ osdev>Khaledhammouda‎ 15,760 bytes +21‎ No edit summary

2 April 2023

• curprev 19:0419:04, 2 April 2023‎ osdev>Meithecatte‎ 15,739 bytes +117‎ →‎Building a Custom MBR Bootstrap program: Mention that UEFI firmware commonly requires valid partition tables to boot in BIOS-compatibility mode
• curprev 19:0219:02, 2 April 2023‎ osdev>Meithecatte‎ 15,622 bytes −2‎ →‎Building a Custom MBR Bootstrap program: "less than 447" is technically correct but a very obtuse and error-prone way to put it.

29 March 2019

• curprev 19:5319:53, 29 March 2019‎ osdev>Mongusius‎ 15,624 bytes +2‎ Recent Linux and Windows consistently use UINT32 at 0x1B8 to identify a drive. Bootloaders IsoLinux and Grub2 use all the 440 bytes before that.

7 December 2018

• curprev 22:0222:02, 7 December 2018‎ osdev>Mercury0x000d‎ 15,622 bytes +427‎ →‎MBR Format: Added partition entry description table
• curprev 21:5121:51, 7 December 2018‎ osdev>Mercury0x000d‎ 15,195 bytes −5‎ →‎MBR Format: Clarified table information

10 September 2018

• curprev 04:3804:38, 10 September 2018‎ osdev>Carver‎ 15,200 bytes +35‎ No edit summary

29 August 2016

• curprev 19:1019:10, 29 August 2016‎ osdev>Basicfreak‎ m 15,165 bytes −5‎ →‎x86 Examples

20 November 2015

• curprev 03:5803:58, 20 November 2015‎ osdev>Basicfreak‎ 15,170 bytes +3,029‎ →‎x86 Examples

1 January 2015

• curprev 18:5418:54, 1 January 2015‎ osdev>Sortie‎ m 12,141 bytes +1‎ s/dword/uint32_t/g

5 March 2012

• curprev 13:2413:24, 5 March 2012‎ osdev>Bellezzasolo‎ m 12,140 bytes +25‎ Bootloaders category

1 March 2012

• curprev 20:3920:39, 1 March 2012‎ osdev>Turdus‎ 12,115 bytes +13‎ →‎MBR Bootstrap

11 June 2011

• curprev 20:5420:54, 11 June 2011‎ osdev>Darkinsanity‎ 12,102 bytes +27‎ No edit summary

13 September 2009

• curprev 19:3619:36, 13 September 2009‎ osdev>Hangin10‎ m 12,075 bytes 0‎ →‎MBR Bootstrap

4 April 2009

• curprev 23:3823:38, 4 April 2009‎ osdev>Jackscott‎ m 12,075 bytes −26‎ →‎See Also

22 July 2008

• curprev 13:5313:53, 22 July 2008‎ osdev>Bewing‎ 12,101 bytes +291‎ A few wording changes (just a small edit)

13 July 2008

• curprev 20:4220:42, 13 July 2008‎ osdev>Virtlink‎ m 11,810 bytes +2‎ fix markup

11 July 2008

• curprev 23:3923:39, 11 July 2008‎ osdev>Bewing‎ m 11,808 bytes +121‎ slight wording change
• curprev 23:1823:18, 11 July 2008‎ osdev>Bewing‎ 11,687 bytes −1,369‎ Complete rewrite

14 February 2007

• curprev 22:4822:48, 14 February 2007‎ osdev>Jhawthorn‎ 13,056 bytes −24‎ No edit summary

20 December 2006

• curprev 10:2910:29, 20 December 2006‎ osdev>Walling‎ m 13,080 bytes +3‎ →‎Stack: adding link

9 December 2006

• curprev 22:5422:54, 9 December 2006‎ osdev>Jhawthorn‎ 13,077 bytes −32‎ removed wikipedia link in heading

29 November 2006

• curprev 05:0205:02, 29 November 2006‎ Chase talk contribs‎ m 13,109 bytes +42‎ added to system initialization category

31 October 2006

• curprev 19:0519:05, 31 October 2006‎ Chase talk contribs‎ m 13,067 bytes 0‎ X86:MBR moved to MBR (x86): updating orginizational standards

24 September 2006

• curprev 09:5109:51, 24 September 2006‎ osdev>SpooK‎ 13,067 bytes +96‎ →‎Assumptions: - Fixed some spacing and subject issues
• curprev 09:4609:46, 24 September 2006‎ osdev>SpooK‎ m 12,971 bytes +658‎ →‎[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASM NASM]: - Clarification of "flush_cs"
• curprev 09:2509:25, 24 September 2006‎ osdev>SpooK‎ 12,313 bytes +583‎ →‎Finishing Touches: - Fixed boot pattern, endian and NASM info
• curprev 08:5108:51, 24 September 2006‎ osdev>SpooK‎ m 11,730 bytes +1‎ →‎[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASM NASM]: - Fixed spelling error
• curprev 08:5008:50, 24 September 2006‎ osdev>SpooK‎ m 11,729 bytes +48‎ →‎Conclusion: - Added link for Windows "dd"
• curprev 08:4708:47, 24 September 2006‎ osdev>SpooK‎ m 11,681 bytes +54‎ →‎Conclusion: - Added link for RawWrite

8 August 2006

• curprev 23:4423:44, 8 August 2006‎ osdev>SpooK‎ 11,627 bytes +1‎ →‎Finishing Touches: Fixed other half of "Endian" definition
• curprev 14:1314:13, 8 August 2006‎ osdev>FMota‎ 11,626 bytes +326‎ →‎[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASM NASM]: - Making sure segments are zero: if this is undesired or too complex too soon, just revert the edit.
• curprev 14:0714:07, 8 August 2006‎ osdev>FMota‎ m 11,300 bytes +12‎ →‎Stack: - Disambiguation and minor fixes.
• curprev 14:0114:01, 8 August 2006‎ osdev>FMota‎ m 11,288 bytes +2‎ →‎Memory Address Basics
• curprev 14:0014:00, 8 August 2006‎ osdev>FMota‎ m 11,286 bytes +7‎ →‎Memory Address Basics
• curprev 14:0014:00, 8 August 2006‎ osdev>FMota‎ m 11,279 bytes +5‎ →‎How the MBR is Loaded

6 August 2006

• curprev 10:2710:27, 6 August 2006‎ osdev>SpooK‎ 11,274 bytes 0‎ →‎Memory Segmentation: fixed ambiguous "10" (presumed hex) to "16" (decimal)

16 July 2006

• curprev 01:5001:50, 16 July 2006‎ osdev>ComputerPsi‎ 11,274 bytes +835‎ I added "Memory Segmentation"
• curprev 01:2701:27, 16 July 2006‎ osdev>ComputerPsi‎ m 10,439 bytes 0‎ Spelling and grammer fix.

19 June 2006

• curprev 03:0603:06, 19 June 2006‎ osdev>SpooK‎ 10,439 bytes +10,439‎ Added from dynatos.net OSDB (feel free to edit/reorganize)