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| -rw-r--r-- | util-linux/mkfs_ext2.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/mkfs_ext2.c b/util-linux/mkfs_ext2.c index f6ccc9c..6cbbe0e 100644 --- a/util-linux/mkfs_ext2.c +++ b/util-linux/mkfs_ext2.c @@ -615,7 +615,11 @@ int mkfs_ext2_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv) // zero boot sectors memset(buf, 0, blocksize); - PUT(0, buf, 1024); // N.B. 1024 <= blocksize, so buf[0..1023] contains zeros + // Disabled: standard mke2fs doesn't do this, and + // on SPARC this destroys Sun disklabel. + // Users who need/want zeroing can easily do it with dd. + //PUT(0, buf, 1024); // N.B. 1024 <= blocksize, so buf[0..1023] contains zeros + // zero inode tables for (i = 0; i < ngroups; ++i) for (n = 0; n < inode_table_blocks; ++n) |