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Re: installboot: Old BPB too big, use -f (may invalidate file system)

To: Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost>
Subject: Re: installboot: Old BPB too big, use -f (may invalidate file system)
From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:47:48 +0100

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 07:12:12PM +0000, Michael van Elst wrote:
> The best method is probably to warn the user and let him decide.

I guess in the sysinst context it would be better to just handle it,
e.g. by sysinst dd'ing 20k of zeros to the start of the FS before invoking
newfs or similar.

Martin

References:
- installboot: Old BPB too big, use -f (may invalidate file system)
  - From: Andrew Cagney
- Re: installboot: Old BPB too big, use -f (may invalidate file system)
  - From: Michael van Elst
- Re: installboot: Old BPB too big, use -f (may invalidate file system)
  - From: Andrew Cagney
- Re: installboot: Old BPB too big, use -f (may invalidate file system)
  - From: Michael van Elst

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