Extended partitions only get 2 sectors for 512 byte sector size,
to allow LILO the 1024 bytes of room it needs. Larger sector size
disks already have room and so only use 1 sector.
Signed-off-by: Phillip Susi <psusi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kpartx/dos.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kpartx/dos.c b/kpartx/dos.c
index 0e57f0e..90ad3bd 100644
--- a/kpartx/dos.c
+++ b/kpartx/dos.c
@@ -101,8 +101,12 @@ read_dos_pt(int fd, struct slice all, struct slice *sp, int ns) {
break;
}
if (is_extended(p.sys_type)) {
- sp[i].size = sector_size_mul * 2; /* extended partitions only get two
- sectors mapped for LILO to install */
+ /* extended partitions only get one or
+ two sectors mapped for LILO to install,
+ whichever is needed to have 1kb of space */
+ if (sector_size_mul == 1)
+ sp[i].size = 2;
+ else sp[i].size = sector_size_mul;
n += read_extended_partition(fd, &p, i, sp+n, ns-n);
}
}
--
1.9.1
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