Master boot record shows no active partitions?

Asked Dec 15 '18 at 16:31

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I used the following command to check the MBR code in hexadecimal

hd -n 512 -v /dev/sda

Which displayed this:

It seems to me, that there is only one partition there. I have dual boot with linux and windows, shouldn't at least there be two?

And, according to this website

At the adress 1bE, it should be "80" instead of "00", since 80 means it is bootable.

asked Dec 15 '18 at 16:31

Tiago Oliveira

It is an extended boot record. You will rarely see a partition marked as active. More on Extended boot records can be found here: https://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/mbr/PartTables2.htm#ebr – Michael Petch Dec 15 '18 at 17:12
Type `ee` Indicates that this a legacy MBR followed by an EFI header. – Michael Petch Dec 15 '18 at 17:46

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