Subject: Using dd rather than cat to write mbr.bin to usb-hdd images; dd is more robust in case mbr.bin is corrupted.

From: Daniel Baumann <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:38:48 +0100

---
 helpers/lh_binary_usb-hdd | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/helpers/lh_binary_usb-hdd b/helpers/lh_binary_usb-hdd
index 2913676..cc8d751 100755
--- a/helpers/lh_binary_usb-hdd
+++ b/helpers/lh_binary_usb-hdd
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ case "${LH_CHROOT_BUILD}" in
 
 		if [ "${LH_BOOTLOADER}" = "syslinux" ]
 		then
-			cat chroot/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin > ${FREELO}
+			dd if=chroot/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=${FREELO} bs=440 count=1
 		fi
 		;;
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ case "${LH_CHROOT_BUILD}" in
 
 		if [ "${LH_BOOTLOADER}" = "syslinux" ]
 		then
-			cat /usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin > ${FREELO}
+			dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=${FREELO} bs=440 count=1
 		fi
 		;;
 esac
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