Give up on bogus geometry.

diff --git a/commands/ibm/autopart.c b/commands/ibm/autopart.c
index 6ea135e244dee02be8ba059c7dd7bd4fcdd38cc6..6059bf0711dd9a2db82c77485cd5301e26f5611b 100755 (executable)
--- a/commands/ibm/autopart.c
+++ b/commands/ibm/autopart.c
@@ -642,27 +642,11 @@ void geometry(void)
                }
 
                if (heads != alt_heads || sectors != alt_secs) {
-                       stat_start(1);
-                       printf("WARNING:");
-                       stat_end(10);
-                       stat_start(0);
-                       printf(
-"The %ux%ux%u geometry obtained from the device driver does not match",
-                               cylinders, heads, sectors);
-                       stat_end(10);
-                       stat_start(0);
-                       printf(
-"the %ux%ux%u geometry implied by the partition table.  Hit 'X' to switch",
-                               alt_cyls, alt_heads, alt_secs);
-                       stat_end(10);
-                       stat_start(0);
-                       printf(
-"between the two geometries to see what is best.  Note that the geometry");
-                       stat_end(10);
-                       stat_start(0);
-                       printf(
-"must be correct when the table is written or the system may not boot!");
-                       stat_end(10);
+printf(
+"The %ux%ux%u geometry obtained from the driver\n"
+"does not match the %ux%ux%u geometry implied by the partition\n"
+"table. Please use expert mode instead.\n");
+exit(1);
                }
        }
 
@@ -2723,7 +2707,9 @@ do_autopart(int resultfd)
                                perror(devname);
                        } else {
                                /* Clear any subpartitioning. */
-                               static char sub[2048];
+                               static unsigned char sub[2048];
+                               sub[510] = 0x55;
+                               sub[511] = 0xAA;
                                write(fd, sub, sizeof(sub));
                                close(fd);
                        }