boot storage

A boot sector is the sector of a persistent data storage device (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, optical disc, etc.) which contains machine code to be loaded into random-access memory (RAM) and then executed by a computer system's built-in firmware (e.g., the BIOS).
Usually, the first sector of the hard disk is the boot sector, regardless of sector size (512 or 4096 bytes) and partitioning flavor (MBR or GPT).
The purpose of defining one particular sector as the boot sector is inter-operability between firmware and various operating systems.
The purpose of chain-loading, first firmware (e.g., the BIOS), then code in the boot sector, and then, for example, an operating system, is maximal flexibility.

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    Anyone successfully buy and fit a space saver wheel. Going by the diameter of the one I have for my jeep. I think with some modification to the polystyrene holder in the boot we might be able to fit one 🤔
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