Bug 3247

Summary: BusyBox internal mkfs.ext2 overwrites the first 1024 bytes with zeros
Product: Busybox Reporter: 404errorqc
Component: OtherAssignee: unassigned
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: minor CC: busybox-cvs
Priority: P5    
Version: 1.18.x   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   
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Description 404errorqc 2011-02-15 04:37:20 UTC 
When run, the mkfs.ext2 applet overwrites the first 1024 bytes of a partition with zeros. This is very annoying in the SPARC world because if the  mkfs.ext2 applet is used from a netboot image to  the first partition of an harddisk (starting at cylinder 0) it overwrites the Sun disklabel on it (including the partitioning information). 

Linux ext2 utilities leave the first 1024 bytes of a partition untouched.