Table 18 - section header – Western Digital T13/2132-D User Manual

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T13/2132-D Revision 3

June 23, 2010

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Working Draft Enhanced Disk Drive - 4 (EDD-4)

boot images. Another example of a section would be to identify a specific model and manufacturer of a PC. This
would allow the PC to boot software specific to the system. Table 18 describes the section header.

Table 18 — Section Header

Offset

Type

Description

00h

Byte

Header ID

ID Description

90 Type is Section Header, there shall be more sections following this one
91 Type is Section Header, this is the final section

01h

Byte

Platform ID

ID Description

0 80x86
1 Power PC
2 Mac

02h-03h

Word

Number of section entries. This is the number of Section Entries and Section Entry
Extensions following this header. There shall be at least one Section Entry (see
7.2.5xxx for more information) in each section. If the Header ID is 90h then a
Section Header shall follow the last section entry. If the Head ID is 91h then the last
section entry shall be the last entry in the boot catalog.

04h-1Fh

Byte

ID String. This identifies the section and serves as the section name.

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