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T13/2132-D Revision 3

June 23, 2010

7.3.3 Validation Entry

The first entry in the boot catalog is a validation entry. The validation entry shall be used to determine that a valid boot catalog is on the disk and to determine the manufacturer of the CD. If this entry is valid, the remainder of the boot catalog should be valid. Table 16 describes the format of a validation entry.

 

 

 

Table 16 — Validation Entry

 

 

 

 

Offset

Type

 

Description

00h

Byte

01h - header ID

 

 

 

01h

Byte

Platform ID

 

 

ID

Description

 

 

0

80x86

 

 

1

Power PC

 

 

2

Mac

 

 

 

02-03h

Word

Reserved

 

 

 

04h-1Bh

Byte

ID String. This shall indicate the manufacturer or developer of the CD.

 

 

 

1Ch-1Dh

Word

Checksum Word. This is the 2's compliment of all the words in this record. The sum of all

 

 

the words from 00h through 1Eh shall equal zero.

 

 

 

1Eh

Byte

Key Byte 55h

 

 

 

1Fh

Byte

Key Byte AAh

 

 

 

 

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Western Digital manual T13/2132-D Revision June 23 Validation Entry, Offset Type Description