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authorhpa <hpa>2003-01-30 20:36:05 +0000
committerhpa <hpa>2003-01-30 20:36:05 +0000
commit0ef31ec4ac3f4140cb92892bfba42dd8b05b4292 (patch)
tree151508eb8055199372f5e705197dd26167faa0b5
parenta48930754159f4ae476b709cd63c3d1650be728d (diff)
downloadsyslinux-0ef31ec4ac3f4140cb92892bfba42dd8b05b4292.tar.gz
Give us at least a prayer to work with nonpartitioned hard disk devices.syslinux-2.01-pre5
-rw-r--r--NEWS2
-rw-r--r--ldlinux.asm5
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 30c4c3db..1fa75bb9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Changes in 2.01:
* Build SYSLINUX into a small library for encapsulation into
other programs.
* SYSLINUX: Make installer work with "owner" in /etc/fstab.
+ * SYSLINUX: Fix issue with working on nonpartitioned hard disk
+ devices. THIS CONFIGURATION IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
Changes in 2.00:
* ALL: Add support for "COM32" (32-bit COMBOOT) images.
diff --git a/ldlinux.asm b/ldlinux.asm
index 6de92f1e..7306e69a 100644
--- a/ldlinux.asm
+++ b/ldlinux.asm
@@ -336,9 +336,8 @@ floppy:
; Note: di points to beyond the end of PartInfo
;
harddisk:
-; This sanity check doesn't fit anymore...
-; test byte [di-16],7Fh ; Sanity check: "active flag" should
-; jnz no_partition ; be 00 or 80
+ test byte [di-16],7Fh ; Sanity check: "active flag" should
+ jnz no_partition ; be 00 or 80
mov eax,[di-8] ; Partition offset (dword)
mov [bsHidden],eax
no_partition: