From: Petr Uzel Subject: parted: dos: Wipe AIX FS signatures Patch-mainline: no, custom SUSE patch --- libparted/labels/dos.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: parted-3.3/libparted/labels/dos.c =================================================================== --- parted-3.3.orig/libparted/labels/dos.c +++ parted-3.3/libparted/labels/dos.c @@ -1287,7 +1287,13 @@ msdos_write (const PedDisk* disk) return 0; DosRawTable *table = (DosRawTable *) s0; - if (!table->boot_code[0]) { + /* either no bootrecord at all, or AIX IPL signature ... */ + if ( (!table->boot_code[0]) || + ( table->boot_code[0] == (char) 0xc9 && + table->boot_code[1] == (char) 0xc2 && + table->boot_code[2] == (char) 0xd4 && + table->boot_code[3] == (char) 0xc1) + ) { memset (table, 0, 512); memcpy (table->boot_code, MBR_BOOT_CODE, sizeof (MBR_BOOT_CODE)); }