[vox-tech] bootable partition question

[Peter Jay Salzman]

my understanding is that a bootable partition is used when the MBR
doesn't contain a boot strap program -- BIOS loads in a bootstrapper
from the beginning of a bootable partition.

if this is right, what use does a bootable partition serve if lilo
resides in the MBR (as with the majority of linux systems)?

if that isn't correct, what does the bootable flag mean on a partition?

pete

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