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Sneaky Lenovo uses/used more than 512 bytes for booting, hiding the extra code in a 1MB gap before the first partition. I got caught out when copying partition

by mkl 6y ago

Sneaky Lenovo uses/used more than 512 bytes for booting, hiding the extra code in a 1MB gap before the first partition. I got caught out when copying partition images and the boot sector over to a bigger drive (I think I was resizing both partitions or something, so didn't just dd the whole drive).

lmilcin 6y ago
Sneaky Lenovo does more more sneaky stuff like insisting on installing their software on your machine even if you elect to install fresh Windows from other media than the one provided by Lenovo. https://www.windowscentral.com/some-lenovo-pcs-reload-software-even-clean-windows-install-there-fix https://www.windowscentral.com/some-lenovo-pcs-reload-softwa...
- mkl 6y ago
  Yeah. That kind of nastiness came in a few years after my last Lenovo device (which was also a "business" model, so came with little crapware).
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- wlll 6y ago
  Well I guess I am never buying a Lenovo product then.
phone8675309 6y ago
This is a pretty common setup for BIOS boot loaders. grub2 typically embeds itself in this space[1] for BIOS based booting. [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/grub.html#BIOS-installation https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/grub.html#BIOS...
yrro 6y ago
Ah, the "GRUB gap"