4 files changed, 19 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/common.pm b/perl-install/common.pm
index d6c602487..d6b9220c8 100644
--- a/perl-install/common.pm
+++ b/perl-install/common.pm
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ sub grep_each(&%) {
     while (($::a, $::b) = each %h) { $l{$::a} = $::b if &$f($::a, $::b) }
     %l;
 }
-sub list2kv { [ grep_index { even($::i) } @_ ], [ grep_index { odd($::i) } @_ ] }
+sub list2kv(@) { [ grep_index { even($::i) } @_ ], [ grep_index { odd($::i) } @_ ] }
 
 #- pseudo-array-hash :)
 sub map_tab_hash(&$@) {
diff --git a/perl-install/partition_table.pm b/perl-install/partition_table.pm
index 3bf6506bc..50abce97c 100644
--- a/perl-install/partition_table.pm
+++ b/perl-install/partition_table.pm
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use vars qw(@ISA %EXPORT_TAGS @EXPORT_OK @important_types @fields2save);
 use common qw(:common :system :functional);
 use partition_table_dos;
 use partition_table_bsd;
+use partition_table_sun;
 use Data::Dumper;
 
 
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ sub verifyParts($) {
 }
 sub verifyPrimary($) {
     my ($pt) = @_;
-    $_->{start} > 0 || die "partition must NOT start at sector 0" foreach @{$pt->{normal}};
+    $_->{start} > 0 || arch() eq "sparc" || die "partition must NOT start at sector 0" foreach @{$pt->{normal}};
     verifyParts_(@{$pt->{normal}}, $pt->{extended});
 }
 
@@ -328,7 +329,8 @@ sub read_one($$) {
     my ($hd, $sector) = @_;
 
     my ($pt, $info);
-    foreach ('dos', 'bsd') {
+    foreach ('dos', 'bsd', 'sun', 'unknown') {
+	/unknown/ and die "unknown partition table format";
 	eval {
 	    bless $hd, "partition_table_$_";
 	    ($pt, $info) = $hd->read($sector);
@@ -337,7 +339,8 @@ sub read_one($$) {
 	$@ or last;
     }
 
-    my @extended = grep { isExtended($_) } @$pt;
+
+    my @extended = $hd->hasExtended ? grep { isExtended($_) } @$pt : ();
     my @normal = grep { $_->{size} && $_->{type} && !isExtended($_) } @$pt;
 
     @extended > 1 and die "more than one extended partition";
diff --git a/perl-install/partition_table_bsd.pm b/perl-install/partition_table_bsd.pm
index 0b03249c1..f3134f4fb 100644
--- a/perl-install/partition_table_bsd.pm
+++ b/perl-install/partition_table_bsd.pm
@@ -66,16 +66,20 @@ sub read($$) {
     sysread F, $tmp, psizeof($main_format) or die "error while reading partition table in sector $sector";
     my %info; @info{@$main_fields} = unpack $main_format, $tmp;
 
+    $info{npartitions} <= $nb_primary or die "too many partitions ($info{npartitions} > $nb_primary) for a bsd disklabel";
+
+    #- check magic number
+    $info{magic}  == $magic or die "bad magic number";
+    $info{magic2} == $magic or die "bad magic number";
+
+    #- TODO verify checksum
+
     my @pt = map {
 	sysread F, $tmp, psizeof($format) or die "error while reading partition table in sector $sector";
 	my %h; @h{@fields} = unpack $format, $tmp;
 	$h{type} = $typeToDos{$h{type}} || $h{type};
 	\%h;
-    } (1..$nb_primary);
-
-    #- check magic number
-    $info{magic}  == $magic or die "bad magic number";
-    $info{magic2} == $magic or die "bad magic number";
+    } (1..$info{npartitions});
 
     [ @pt ], \%info;
 }
@@ -85,10 +89,11 @@ sub read($$) {
 sub write($$$;$) {
     my ($hd, $sector, $pt, $info) = @_;
 
-    print "Her\n";
     local *F; partition_table_raw::openit($hd, *F, 2) or die "error opening device $hd->{device} for writing";
     c::lseek_sector(fileno(F), $sector, $offset) or return 0;
 
+    #- TODO compute checksum
+
     $info->{npartitions} = $nb_primary; #- is it ok?
 
     syswrite F, pack($main_format, @$info{@$main_fields}), psizeof($main_format) or return 0;
diff --git a/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm b/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm
index 35287e965..39277bf39 100644
--- a/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm
+++ b/perl-install/partition_table_raw.pm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ sub kernel_read($) {
 sub zero_MBR($) {
     my ($hd) = @_;
 #    unless (ref($hd) =~ /partition_table/) {
-	my $type = arch() eq "alpha" ? "bsd" : "dos";
+	my $type = arch() eq "alpha" ? "bsd" : arch() eq "sparc" ? "sun" : "dos";
 	bless $hd, "partition_table_$type";
 #    }
     $hd->{isDirty} = $hd->{needKernelReread} = 1;