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.
# This is a generated file! Please edit source .ksy file and use kaitai-struct-compiler to rebuild
# type: ignore
import kaitaistruct
from kaitaistruct import ReadWriteKaitaiStruct, KaitaiStream, BytesIO
if getattr(kaitaistruct, 'API_VERSION', (0, 9)) < (0, 11):
raise Exception("Incompatible Kaitai Struct Python API: 0.11 or later is required, but you have %s" % (kaitaistruct.__version__))
class MbrPartitionTable(ReadWriteKaitaiStruct):
"""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.
"""
def __init__(self, _io=None, _parent=None, _root=None):
super(MbrPartitionTable, self).__init__(_io)
self._parent = _parent
self._root = _root or self
def _read(self):
self.bootstrap_code = self._io.read_bytes(446)
self.partitions = []
for i in range(4):
_t_partitions = MbrPartitionTable.PartitionEntry(self._io, self, self._root)
try:
_t_partitions._read()
finally:
self.partitions.append(_t_partitions)
self.boot_signature = self._io.read_bytes(2)
if not self.boot_signature == b"\x55\xAA":
raise kaitaistruct.ValidationNotEqualError(b"\x55\xAA", self.boot_signature, self._io, u"/seq/2")
self._dirty = False
def _fetch_instances(self):
pass
for i in range(len(self.partitions)):
pass
self.partitions[i]._fetch_instances()
def _write__seq(self, io=None):
super(MbrPartitionTable, self)._write__seq(io)
self._io.write_bytes(self.bootstrap_code)
for i in range(len(self.partitions)):
pass
self.partitions[i]._write__seq(self._io)
self._io.write_bytes(self.boot_signature)
def _check(self):
if len(self.bootstrap_code) != 446:
raise kaitaistruct.ConsistencyError(u"bootstrap_code", 446, len(self.bootstrap_code))
if len(self.partitions) != 4:
raise kaitaistruct.ConsistencyError(u"partitions", 4, len(self.partitions))
for i in range(len(self.partitions)):
pass
if self.partitions[i]._root != self._root:
raise kaitaistruct.ConsistencyError(u"partitions", self._root, self.partitions[i]._root)
if self.partitions[i]._parent != self:
raise kaitaistruct.ConsistencyError(u"partitions", self, self.partitions[i]._parent)
if len(self.boot_signature) != 2:
raise kaitaistruct.ConsistencyError(u"boot_signature", 2, len(self.boot_signature))
if not self.boot_signature == b"\x55\xAA":
raise kaitaistruct.ValidationNotEqualError(b"\x55\xAA", self.boot_signature, None, u"/seq/2")
self._dirty = False
class Chs(ReadWriteKaitaiStruct):
def __init__(self, _io=None, _parent=None, _root=None):
super(MbrPartitionTable.Chs, self).__init__(_io)
self._parent = _parent
self._root = _root
def _read(self):
self.head = self._io.read_u1()
self.b2 = self._io.read_u1()
self.b3 = self._io.read_u1()
self._dirty = False
def _fetch_instances(self):
pass
def _write__seq(self, io=None):
super(MbrPartitionTable.Chs, self)._write__seq(io)
self._io.write_u1(self.head)
self._io.write_u1(self.b2)
self._io.write_u1(self.b3)
def _check(self):
self._dirty = False
@property
def cylinder(self):
if hasattr(self, '_m_cylinder'):
return self._m_cylinder
self._m_cylinder = self.b3 + ((self.b2 & 192) << 2)
return getattr(self, '_m_cylinder', None)
def _invalidate_cylinder(self):
del self._m_cylinder
@property
def sector(self):
if hasattr(self, '_m_sector'):
return self._m_sector
self._m_sector = self.b2 & 63
return getattr(self, '_m_sector', None)
def _invalidate_sector(self):
del self._m_sector
class PartitionEntry(ReadWriteKaitaiStruct):
def __init__(self, _io=None, _parent=None, _root=None):
super(MbrPartitionTable.PartitionEntry, self).__init__(_io)
self._parent = _parent
self._root = _root
def _read(self):
self.status = self._io.read_u1()
self.chs_start = MbrPartitionTable.Chs(self._io, self, self._root)
self.chs_start._read()
self.partition_type = self._io.read_u1()
self.chs_end = MbrPartitionTable.Chs(self._io, self, self._root)
self.chs_end._read()
self.lba_start = self._io.read_u4le()
self.num_sectors = self._io.read_u4le()
self._dirty = False
def _fetch_instances(self):
pass
self.chs_start._fetch_instances()
self.chs_end._fetch_instances()
def _write__seq(self, io=None):
super(MbrPartitionTable.PartitionEntry, self)._write__seq(io)
self._io.write_u1(self.status)
self.chs_start._write__seq(self._io)
self._io.write_u1(self.partition_type)
self.chs_end._write__seq(self._io)
self._io.write_u4le(self.lba_start)
self._io.write_u4le(self.num_sectors)
def _check(self):
if self.chs_start._root != self._root:
raise kaitaistruct.ConsistencyError(u"chs_start", self._root, self.chs_start._root)
if self.chs_start._parent != self:
raise kaitaistruct.ConsistencyError(u"chs_start", self, self.chs_start._parent)
if self.chs_end._root != self._root:
raise kaitaistruct.ConsistencyError(u"chs_end", self._root, self.chs_end._root)
if self.chs_end._parent != self:
raise kaitaistruct.ConsistencyError(u"chs_end", self, self.chs_end._parent)
self._dirty = False