From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: "Jean-Loup 'clippix' Bogalho" <clippix@lse.epita.fr>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org, gabriel@lse.epita.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] dos: copy previous bootsector for dos partition table
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:20:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150413112059.GP3923@ws.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150407094535.GF3923@ws.net.home>
On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 11:45:35AM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> Maybe it would be better to add --protect-bootsector command line option;
> if you want to implement it:
>
> - add protect_boot flag to struct fdisk_context (fdiskP.h)
> - add a new function fdisk_protect_boot(cxt, enable) to set/unset the new flag
>
> - extend fdisk_init_firstsector_buffer() to protect specified area:
> fdisk_init_firstsector_buffer(cxt, 0, 446)
>
> - call fdisk_init_firstsector_buffer() from dos_create_disklabel()
> with proper offset and size when the protect_boot flag is enabled
>
> - add fdisk_protect_boot() to
> libfdisk/src/libfdisk.h.in
> libfdisk/src/libfdisk.sym
> libfdisk/docs/libfdisk-sections.txt
I'm working on this, because it's necessary for sfdisk.
Karel
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Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
http://karelzak.blogspot.com
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-04-04 16:05 [PATCH V2] dos: copy previous bootsector for dos partition table Jean-Loup 'clippix' Bogalho
2015-04-07 9:45 ` Karel Zak
2015-04-13 11:20 ` Karel Zak [this message]
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