MBR (Master Boot Record) partition table is a traditional way of MS-DOS to partition larger hard disc drives into distinct partitions.
This table is stored in the end of the boot sector (first sector) of the drive, after the bootstrap code. Original DOS 2.0 specification allowed only 4 partitions per disc, but DOS 3.2 introduced concept of "extended partitions", which work as nested extra "boot records" which are pointed to by original ("primary") partitions in MBR.
This page hosts a formal specification of MBR (Master Boot Record) partition table using Kaitai Struct. This specification can be automatically translated into a variety of programming languages to get a parsing library.
All parsing code for JavaScript generated by Kaitai Struct depends on the JavaScript runtime library. You have to install it before you can parse data.
The JavaScript runtime library is available at npm:
npm install kaitai-structSee the usage examples in the JavaScript notes.
Parse structure from an ArrayBuffer:
var arrayBuffer = ...;
var data = new MbrPartitionTable(new KaitaiStream(arrayBuffer));
After that, one can get various attributes from the structure by accessing fields or properties like:
data.bootstrapCode // => get bootstrap code
// This is a generated file! Please edit source .ksy file and use kaitai-struct-compiler to rebuild
(function (root, factory) {
if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) {
define(['kaitai-struct/KaitaiStream'], factory);
} else if (typeof module === 'object' && module.exports) {
module.exports = factory(require('kaitai-struct/KaitaiStream'));
} else {
root.MbrPartitionTable = factory(root.KaitaiStream);
}
}(typeof self !== 'undefined' ? self : this, function (KaitaiStream) {
/**
* MBR (Master Boot Record) partition table is a traditional way of
* MS-DOS to partition larger hard disc drives into distinct
* partitions.
*
* This table is stored in the end of the boot sector (first sector) of
* the drive, after the bootstrap code. Original DOS 2.0 specification
* allowed only 4 partitions per disc, but DOS 3.2 introduced concept
* of "extended partitions", which work as nested extra "boot records"
* which are pointed to by original ("primary") partitions in MBR.
*/
var MbrPartitionTable = (function() {
function MbrPartitionTable(_io, _parent, _root) {
this._io = _io;
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root || this;
this._read();
}
MbrPartitionTable.prototype._read = function() {
this.bootstrapCode = this._io.readBytes(446);
this.partitions = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
this.partitions.push(new PartitionEntry(this._io, this, this._root));
}
this.bootSignature = this._io.readBytes(2);
if (!((KaitaiStream.byteArrayCompare(this.bootSignature, [85, 170]) == 0))) {
throw new KaitaiStream.ValidationNotEqualError([85, 170], this.bootSignature, this._io, "/seq/2");
}
}
var PartitionEntry = MbrPartitionTable.PartitionEntry = (function() {
function PartitionEntry(_io, _parent, _root) {
this._io = _io;
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root || this;
this._read();
}
PartitionEntry.prototype._read = function() {
this.status = this._io.readU1();
this.chsStart = new Chs(this._io, this, this._root);
this.partitionType = this._io.readU1();
this.chsEnd = new Chs(this._io, this, this._root);
this.lbaStart = this._io.readU4le();
this.numSectors = this._io.readU4le();
}
return PartitionEntry;
})();
var Chs = MbrPartitionTable.Chs = (function() {
function Chs(_io, _parent, _root) {
this._io = _io;
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root || this;
this._read();
}
Chs.prototype._read = function() {
this.head = this._io.readU1();
this.b2 = this._io.readU1();
this.b3 = this._io.readU1();
}
Object.defineProperty(Chs.prototype, 'sector', {
get: function() {
if (this._m_sector !== undefined)
return this._m_sector;
this._m_sector = (this.b2 & 63);
return this._m_sector;
}
});
Object.defineProperty(Chs.prototype, 'cylinder', {
get: function() {
if (this._m_cylinder !== undefined)
return this._m_cylinder;
this._m_cylinder = (this.b3 + ((this.b2 & 192) << 2));
return this._m_cylinder;
}
});
return Chs;
})();
return MbrPartitionTable;
})();
return MbrPartitionTable;
}));