Package: e2fsprogs Version: 1.17-1 Architecture: sparc Severity: critical Latest mke2fs zeroes the first sector of the partition is is formating. It is really bad on sparc when the partition starts at sector 0 because it kills the partition table :(( I took a quick look into e2fsprogs sources: it seems to be aware of this case because I saw the next lines in the code:
#ifndef sparc #define ZAP_BOOTBLOCK #endif Since the compiled program does not work like expected, it could be a compilation problem. Could be because sparc macro is not define anymore ? Who has compiled the latest e2fsprogs for sparc ? Could you work on this problem? Thanks in advance. PS: I cc: it to debian-sparc. -- Eric Delaunay | "La guerre justifie l'existence des militaires. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | En les supprimant." Henri Jeanson (1900-1970)