From fe0e92f4e338bd3ab690e409ff9ccde6cfe58780 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francois Pons <fpons@mandriva.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 13:11:27 +0000
Subject: first sparc release of DrakX.

---
 perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm')

diff --git a/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm b/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm
index 39277bf39..cafb439f9 100644
--- a/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm
+++ b/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ sub get_geometry($) {
 
     my %geom; @geom{qw(heads sectors cylinders start)} = unpack "CCSL", $g;
 
+    #- handle this strange but necessary reduction of visible cylinders on sparc, assume 2 for instance.
+    $geom{total_cylinders} = $geom{cylinders}; $geom{cylinders} -= 2 if arch() =~ /^sparc/;
+
     { geom => \%geom, totalsectors => $geom{heads} * $geom{sectors} * $geom{cylinders} };
 }
 
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ sub kernel_read($) {
 sub zero_MBR($) {
     my ($hd) = @_;
 #    unless (ref($hd) =~ /partition_table/) {
-	my $type = arch() eq "alpha" ? "bsd" : arch() eq "sparc" ? "sun" : "dos";
+	my $type = arch() eq "alpha" ? "bsd" : arch() =~ /^sparc/ ? "sun" : "dos";
 	bless $hd, "partition_table_$type";
 #    }
     $hd->{isDirty} = $hd->{needKernelReread} = 1;
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