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From: Franck Jullien <franck.jullien@gmail.com>
To: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>
Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [v2] filetype: Improve FAT detection
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:08:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJfOKBwfT5DiCbjUDRu1R9x07rJtN=8NWJ-c7vQP6EnqCXGdaw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120917054904.GP25990@game.jcrosoft.org>

2012/9/17 Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>:
> On 22:33 Sun 16 Sep     , Franck Jullien wrote:
>> We may have some disk with MBR as a first sector. In this case, the
>> current FAT check returns an error. However, the FAT sector exist and
>> the MBR can tell us where it is.
>>
>> This patch add to file_name_detect_type function the ability to find
>> the FAT boot sector on the first sector of the first partition in case
>> it is not on sector 0.
>>
>> It also introduce is_fat_boot_sector to check if a buffer is a FAT boot
>> sector.
> can you try
>
> mount /dev/disk0.0 /mnt
>
> does this work?
>
> Best Regards,
> J.

Yes it works. However, I don't have partitions, I use mount /dev/disk0 /mnt.
I tested with MBR and FAT as first sector (two different cards) and
with/without -t fat option.

Franck.

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-09-17  6:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-16 20:33 Franck Jullien
2012-09-16 20:33 ` [PATCH 2/2] fs/fat: Handle MBR on the first sector Franck Jullien
2012-09-17  5:49 ` [PATCH 1/2] [v2] filetype: Improve FAT detection Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2012-09-17  6:08   ` Franck Jullien [this message]
2012-09-18  8:38 ` Sascha Hauer

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