On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 08:45:16PM -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote: > While most disk partitioning tools out there create a pMBR's size in lba > to be the lesser of the whole disk or 2Tib, Microsoft apparently does not[1]. > It always sets the entry to the maximum 32-bit limitation - even though a > drive may be smaller than that. > > Loosen this check and only verify that the size is either the whole disk > or 0xFFFFFFFF. No tool in its right mind would set it to any value > other than these. > > [1] http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/mbr/GPT.htm#GPTPT > > Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@xxxxxx> > --- > libfdisk/src/gpt.c | 8 ++++++-- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Applied, thanks. -- Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> http://karelzak.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
