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fdisk: when generating a DOS disk label, give it an ID
authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Sat, 7 Jul 2007 01:32:31 +0000 (18:32 -0700)
committerKarel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:29:29 +0000 (13:29 +0200)
commitbb6aacfecaaa4d70a2c46e9151bb67503a35a781
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fdisk: when generating a DOS disk label, give it an ID

Newer Micro$oft operating systems (NT 3 and later) put a 4-byte
signature in the MBR at offset 440 decimal.  Generate a random such
signature when creating a new disk label, and allow it to be changed.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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