#!/bin/sh # Preserve first 446B of the Protected MBR for gpt partitions. # Copyright (C) 2009-2014, 2019-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . . "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../parted dev=loop-file bootcode_size=446 dd if=/dev/null of=$dev bs=1 seek=1M || framework_failure # create a GPT partition table parted -s $dev mklabel gpt > out 2>&1 || fail=1 # expect no output compare /dev/null out || fail=1 # Fill the first $bootcode_size bytes with 0's. # This affects only the protective MBR, so doesn't affect validity of gpt table. printf %0${bootcode_size}d 0 > in || fail=1 dd of=$dev bs=1 seek=0 count=$bootcode_size conv=notrunc < in || fail=1 parted -s $dev p || fail=1 # create a GPT partition table on top of the existing one. parted -s $dev mklabel gpt > out 2>&1 || fail=1 # expect no output compare /dev/null out || fail=1 # Extract the first $bootcode_size Bytes after GPT creation dd if=$dev of=after bs=1c count=$bootcode_size > /dev/null 2>&1 || fail=1 # Compare the before and after compare in after || fail=1 Exit $fail