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The document outlines the structure and interpretation of a boot sector, detailing specific byte ranges and their corresponding meanings, such as jump instructions, file system type, and volume label. It includes information about sectors, clusters, and the media type, among other parameters. The boot sector is identified by a signature value at the end, indicating its validity.

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The document outlines the structure and interpretation of a boot sector, detailing specific byte ranges and their corresponding meanings, such as jump instructions, file system type, and volume label. It includes information about sectors, clusters, and the media type, among other parameters. The boot sector is identified by a signature value at the end, indicating its validity.

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Boot Sector Interpretation

• 00-02: eb 3c 90 Instructions to jump to boot code


• 03-0a: 4d 53 44 4f 53 35 2e 30
• Name string (MSDOS5.0)
• 0b-0c: 00 02 Bytes/sector (0x0200 = 512)
• 0d : 01 Sectors/cluster (1)
• 0e-0f: 01 00 Size of reserved area (1 sector)
• 10 : 02 Number of FATs (2)
• 11-12: e0 00 Max. number of root directory entries (0x00e0 = 224)
• 13-14: 40 0b Total number of sectors (0x0b40 = 2,880)
• 15 : f0 Media type (removable)
• 16-17: 09 00 FAT size (0x0009 = 9 sectors)
• 18-19: 12 00 Sectors/track (0x0012 = 18)
• 1a-1b: 02 00 Number of heads (0x0002 = 2)
• 1c-1f: 00 00 00 00 Number of sector before partition (0)
• 20-23: 00 00 00 00 Total number of sectors (0 because 2B value not
equal 0)
• 24 : 00 Drive number (0)
• 25 : 00 Unused
• 26 : 29 Extended boot signature
• 27-2a: cf cd b1 c4 Volume serial number (C4B1-CDCF)
• 2b-35: 4e 4f 20 4e 41 4d 45 20 20 20 20
• Volume label ("NO NAME ")
• 36-3d: 46 41 54 31 32 20 20 20
• File system type label ("FAT12 ")
• 3e-1fd : [snip] Not used
• 1fe-1ff: 55 aa Signature value (0xaa55)
Long file name Entry ext

FAT

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