install-mbr's code currently uses bytes 442 to 445 to store the version of mbr's data structure (currently 2) and the signature.
So to change this would change the data structure format in a totally non backwards compatible way (so older install-mbr versions would no longer recognize this as an install-mbr's mbr). So moving the data structure is almost certainly doable. Should it be? Is there a maintainer upstream for this code anymore? If nothing else, making install-mbr recognize that the existing mbr contains non zero disk signature in bytes 440 to 443 and either 0000 or 5A5A in bytes 444 to 445 and spitting out a warning that this disk appears to be in use by a modern MBR using OS, and not just letting you overwrite it might be a good idea. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
