On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 11:45:35AM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> Maybe it would be better to add --protect-bootsector command line option;
> if you want to implement it:
>
> - add protect_boot flag to struct fdisk_context (fdiskP.h)
> - add a new function fdisk_protect_boot(cxt, enable) to set/unset the new flag
>
> - extend fdisk_init_firstsector_buffer() to protect specified area:
> fdisk_init_firstsector_buffer(cxt, 0, 446)
>
> - call fdisk_init_firstsector_buffer() from dos_create_disklabel()
> with proper offset and size when the protect_boot flag is enabled
>
> - add fdisk_protect_boot() to
> libfdisk/src/libfdisk.h.in
> libfdisk/src/libfdisk.sym
> libfdisk/docs/libfdisk-sections.txt
I'm working on this, because it's necessary for sfdisk.
Karel
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