Timeline for How does Linux know there is a MBR partition table?
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| Sep 27, 2023 at 15:53 | comment | added | Philip Couling | The first statement is incorrect. The BIOS doesn't know or care about MBR. It depends on the boot loader as to whether it needs to read the partition table or not. EG: uboot images can be compiled in such a way that the boot loader doesn't need to know file systems or partition tables. | |
| Sep 27, 2023 at 14:59 | history | answered | Giacomo Catenazzi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |