From 0ef31ec4ac3f4140cb92892bfba42dd8b05b4292 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hpa <hpa>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:36:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Give us at least a prayer to work with nonpartitioned hard
 disk devices.

---
 NEWS        | 2 ++
 ldlinux.asm | 5 ++---
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 30c4c3d..1fa75bb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Changes in 2.01:
 	* Build SYSLINUX into a small library for encapsulation into
 	  other programs.
 	* SYSLINUX: Make installer work with "owner" in /etc/fstab.
+	* SYSLINUX: Fix issue with working on nonpartitioned hard disk
+	  devices.  THIS CONFIGURATION IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
 
 Changes in 2.00:
 	* ALL: Add support for "COM32" (32-bit COMBOOT) images.
diff --git a/ldlinux.asm b/ldlinux.asm
index 6de92f1..7306e69 100644
--- a/ldlinux.asm
+++ b/ldlinux.asm
@@ -336,9 +336,8 @@ floppy:
 ; Note: di points to beyond the end of PartInfo
 ;
 harddisk:
-; This sanity check doesn't fit anymore...
-;		test byte [di-16],7Fh	; Sanity check: "active flag" should
-;		jnz no_partition	; be 00 or 80
+		test byte [di-16],7Fh	; Sanity check: "active flag" should
+		jnz no_partition	; be 00 or 80
 		mov eax,[di-8]		; Partition offset (dword)
 		mov [bsHidden],eax
 no_partition:
-- 
2.7.4