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Diffstat (limited to 'libdiskconfig/config_mbr.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | libdiskconfig/config_mbr.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libdiskconfig/config_mbr.c b/libdiskconfig/config_mbr.c index 4836f80..c168c78 100644 --- a/libdiskconfig/config_mbr.c +++ b/libdiskconfig/config_mbr.c @@ -31,9 +31,16 @@ static void cfg_pentry(struct pc_partition *pentry, uint8_t status, uint8_t type, uint32_t start, uint32_t len) { - /* zero out the c/h/s entries.. they are not used */ - memset(&pentry->start, 0, sizeof(struct chs)); - memset(&pentry->end, 0, sizeof(struct chs)); + if (len > 0) { + /* seems that somes BIOSens can get wedged on boot while verifying + * the mbr if these are 0 */ + memset(&pentry->start, 0xff, sizeof(struct chs)); + memset(&pentry->end, 0xff, sizeof(struct chs)); + } else { + /* zero out the c/h/s entries.. they are not used */ + memset(&pentry->start, 0, sizeof(struct chs)); + memset(&pentry->end, 0, sizeof(struct chs)); + } pentry->status = status; pentry->type = type; |