#!/bin/sh # improved MSDOS partition-table recognition # Copyright (C) 2008-2014, 2019-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . . "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../parted ###################################################################### # With vestiges of a preceding FAT file system boot sector in the MBR, # parted 1.8.8.1.29 and earlier would fail to recognize a DOS # partition table. ###################################################################### ss=$sector_size_ N=8192 dev=loop-file # create a file to simulate the underlying device dd if=/dev/null of=$dev bs=$ss seek=$N 2> /dev/null || fail=1 # label the test disk parted -s $dev mklabel msdos > out 2>&1 || fail=1 compare /dev/null out || fail=1 # expect no output # create two partitions parted -s $dev mkpart primary 2048s 4095s \ mkpart primary 4096s 8191s > out 2>&1 || fail=1 compare /dev/null out || fail=1 # expect no output # write "FAT" where it would cause trouble printf FAT | dd bs=1c seek=82 count=3 of=$dev conv=notrunc || fail=1 # print the partition table parted -m -s $dev unit s p > out || fail=1 tail -2 out > k && mv k out || fail=1 printf "1:2048s:4095s:2048s:::;\n2:4096s:8191s:4096s:::;\n" > exp || fail=1 compare exp out || fail=1 Exit $fail