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and subject line Re: Bug#635220: file: claims boot sector from IBM PS/1 has
Windows XP MBR
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regarding buggy magic: mistakes ibm ps/1 boot sector as winxp mbr
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Package: file
Version: 5.04-5+b1
Severity: normal
When running file on the boot sector of a disk in an IBM PS/1 (486-class
ca. 1994), file claims that it is a Windows XP MBR. Since the machine
cannot possibly run Windows XP and the first partition indicates MS-DOS
5.0, I believe this is an error. I can confirm that this disk has never
touched a Windows XP machine with the owner, if you'd like.
lakeview ok % file bootsector
bootsector: x86 boot sector, Microsoft Windows XP mbr; partition 1: ID=0x6,
active, starthead 1, startsector 38, 414010 sectors; partition 2: ID=0xfe,
starthead 0, startsector 414048, 608 sectors, code offset 0x33
I've attached the first 4096 bytes of the disk so you can test it
yourself.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-rc4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages file depends on:
ii libc6 2.13-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libmagic1 5.04-5+b1 File type determination library us
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
file recommends no packages.
file suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US
+1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only
OpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b: 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187
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fixed 703993 1:5.17-0.1
thanks
brian m. carlson wrote...
> When running file on the boot sector of a disk in an IBM PS/1 (486-class
> ca. 1994), file claims that it is a Windows XP MBR. Since the machine
> cannot possibly run Windows XP and the first partition indicates MS-DOS
> 5.0, I believe this is an error.
Thanks for the reproducer. Seems this has been fixed upstream, a
recent file reports:
bootsector: DOS/MBR boot sector MS-MBR,D0S version 3.3-7.0 english at offset
0x8b "Invalid partition table" at offset 0xa3 "Error loading operating system"
at offset 0xc2 "Missing operating system"; partition 1 : ID=0x6, active,
start-CHS (0x0,1,1), end-CHS (0x2a8,15,38), startsector 38, 414010 sectors;
partition 2 : ID=0xfe, start-CHS (0x2a9,0,1), end-CHS (0x2a9,15,38),
startsector 414048, 608 sectors
Christoph
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