re-constructing a un*x boot record

[Craig Scott Lennox]

Is there a standard, or accepted place on the disk where the boot record can
be found?  If I read the first sector of the root partition, do I stand a
good chance of finding it?

The reason I ask is that I have a "Brand X" un*x box, running a hacked
System V.0 look-alike.  Since the manufacturer is no longer in business,
hence no support, and I have not been able to uncover much documentation,
I bothers me to think that if my disk were to become corrupted that I 
could no longer boot my system.  Thus I am attempting to reconstruct a boot
tape.  But I need to know where to find the boot information, or at least
a good place to start looking.  Can anyone help?

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