On 04/06/2017 01:42 AM, Diesel wrote:

[snip]

And, as you well know, HDD isn't the only host for a 'boot sector'.
Floppies can have them, as can USB memory sticks.

Floppies do have boot sectors, but no MBR (single partition only).

USB sticks usually do have a MBR, although I've heard of formatting one
as a floppy (no MBR).

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