System partition and boot partition: Difference between revisions

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{{Redirect-distinguish|Boot partition|BIOS boot partition}}

'''System partition''' and '''boot partition''' are computing terms for [[disk partition]]s of a [[hard disk drive]] that must exist and be properly configured for a system to operate correctly. There are two different definitions for these terms: One that developed from the simple firmware on PC's allowing Operating Systems to manage their own Boot Loader's ___location and one, common in servers, for FirwareFirmware that manages the ___location and selection of Boot Loader. The difference comes from the differing view that the partition is intended to hold a single Operating Systems "boot" code and that the "system" firmware controls the partition with the boot code.

==PC definition==