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Subject: RE: general notes on AJB circuit
From: Nielsen Linus (ext) (Linus.Nielsen_at_elema.siemens.se)
Date: 2001-12-14


> Results: Byte 6 in sector 62 (address 0x7c06) changed. This
> sector is not part of archos.mod.

The first partition on a PC hard disk always begins at cylinder 0,
side 1, sector 1. That is sector 63 from the start. The 62 sectors
between the MBR and the first partition is always unused. Archos
can pretty safely write to any of those. They chose sector 62.

/Linus



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