Saving OS boot loaders to a file makes it easier to maintain a single master/primary boot loader at the start of the disk. It is also easier to restore the boot configuration by using files since they can be backed up in one place.

I like that NetBSD has retained a simple bootloader. Unlike Linux's Grub2 which has ballooned with an excess of features that rival interpreted programming languages, NetBSD just needs the tiny boot sector of old to enter its interactive boot manager. From here you can pick kernels, root partitions and quickly enter a unix environment where the full system is accessible!

I like to try different Operating Systems (OS) and I usually create multiple partitions on the primary hard drive of any computer I use. Unfortunately, most Operating Systems have a unique boot loader and they seem to prefer having it installed as the primary loader. As such, one usually has to pick a loader and stick with it to boot the other OS's.

I have found it easier to use the Windows loader to boot all the other Operating Systems.

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After reading various online guides, help requests and documentation, I learned about the details of OS X's partition structure and set about manually restoring the table by entering sector numbers that had to match the original table "exactly."

I am not familiar with the size of a GPT so I could not just "dd count=[size]" as I used to with MBR. The "backup" that is written at the end of GPT disks did not fix my table either, probably because the operation that damaged it also wrote the new table to the backup.

Invasive surgery was the only option.

Note-taking is one of the most frequently performed documentation activities. It is often easier to pick up a pen and a piece of paper than use a computer for this task because these machines aren't always ready to receive our input. With the extra steps of reaching for the mouse, navigating to the note-taking app, starting it, switching to keyboard, typing and then saving the note; it's no surprise. Fortunately, Blackberries have out-of-the-box facilities that make them a viable first-choice for note-taking.