Package: mtools Version: 4.0.12-1 Severity: normal I do: dd if=/dev/zero of=diskimage count=`expr 255*63*1000` bs=512 echo 'drive c file=diskimage partition=1 blocksize=512 cylinders=1000 heads=63 sectors=255' > mtoolsrc export MTOOLSRC=`pwd`/mtoolsrc mpartition -I -B /usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin c:
and get: read MBR: Inappropriate ioctl for device Looking at the source, this comes from line 532 of mpartition.c which says: if(read(fd, (char *) buf, 512) < 512) { perror("read MBR"); exit(1); } fd here points at /usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin which is 440 bytes long. I suspect that the inequality should be <0 not <512. Changing it that way makes mpartition work. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.36-rc2-00098-gd1b113b (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages mtools depends on: ii dpkg 1.15.8.4 Debian package management system ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-5 Manage installed documentation in ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib mtools recommends no packages. Versions of packages mtools suggests: pn floppyd <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org