-m<MB> feature to know how big things have to me.

write 2kB of zeroes at the start of new partitions to clear out old gunk
(such as subpartitioning or old boot code).

diff --git a/commands/ibm/autopart.c b/commands/ibm/autopart.c
index 9b4e99dd0c9f5bf55c0d29a9d40b7232b0b67a66..05eedb25f9273399276bb1474b79313236af9205 100755 (executable)
--- a/commands/ibm/autopart.c
+++ b/commands/ibm/autopart.c
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ Num Sort   Type
 #define DEV_FD0                0x200           /* Device number of /dev/fd0 */
 #define DEV_C0D0       0x300           /* Device number of /dev/c0d0 */
 
-#define MIN_REGION_MB  500
-#define MIN_REGION_SECTORS (1024*1024*MIN_REGION_MB/SECTOR_SIZE)
+int min_region_mb = 500;
+
+#define MIN_REGION_SECTORS (1024*1024*min_region_mb/SECTOR_SIZE)
 
 #define MAX_REGION_MB  4095
 #define MAX_REGION_SECTORS (1024*(1024/SECTOR_SIZE)*MAX_REGION_MB)
@@ -2509,7 +2510,7 @@ select_disk(void)
 }
 
 int
-scribble_region(region_t *reg, struct part_entry **pe)
+scribble_region(region_t *reg, struct part_entry **pe, int *made_new)
 {
        int ex, trunc = 0, changed = 0, i;
        struct part_entry *newpart;
@@ -2527,7 +2528,8 @@ scribble_region(region_t *reg, struct part_entry **pe)
                        changed = 1;
                        cylinderalign(reg);
                }
-       }
+               if(made_new) *made_new = 1;
+       } else if(made_new) *made_new = 0;
 #if 0
        if(trunc) {
                printf("\nWill only use %dMB.\n", MAX_REGION_MB);
@@ -2605,7 +2607,7 @@ do_autopart(int resultfd)
        struct part_entry *pe;
        char sure[50];
        struct part_entry orig_table[1 + NR_PARTITIONS];
-       int region, disk;
+       int region, disk, newp;
 
        nordonly = 1; 
 
@@ -2629,13 +2631,12 @@ do_autopart(int resultfd)
        } while(!r);    /* Back to step 2. */
 
        /* Write things. */
-       if(scribble_region(r, &pe)) {
+       if(scribble_region(r, &pe, &newp)) {
                char *name;
                int i, found = -1;
                char partbuf[100], devname[100];
                struct part_entry *tpe;
 
-
                printstep(3, "Confirm your choices");
 
                region =  (int)(r-regions); 
@@ -2708,6 +2709,18 @@ do_autopart(int resultfd)
                        fprintf(stderr, "Autopart internal error (disk sanity check failed).\n");
                        exit(1);
                }
+
+               if(newp) {
+                       int fd;
+                       if((fd=open(devname, O_WRONLY)) < 0) {
+                               perror(devname);
+                       } else {
+                               /* Clear any subpartitioning. */
+                               static char sub[2048];
+                               write(fd, sub, sizeof(sub));
+                               close(fd);
+                       }
+               }
                return 0;
        }
 
@@ -2782,8 +2795,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
      } else {
        int c;
        /* autopart uses getopt() */
-       while((c = getopt(argc, argv, "f:")) != EOF) {
+       while((c = getopt(argc, argv, "m:f:")) != EOF) {
                switch(c) {
+                       case 'm':
+                               min_region_mb = atoi(optarg);
+                               break;
                        case 'f':
                                /* Make sure old data file is gone. */
                                unlink(optarg);