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-rw-r--r--scripts/lib/mic/utils/partitionedfs.py10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/lib/mic/utils/partitionedfs.py b/scripts/lib/mic/utils/partitionedfs.py
index e8cded26e0..59263ba1a5 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/mic/utils/partitionedfs.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/mic/utils/partitionedfs.py
@@ -352,6 +352,16 @@ class PartitionedMount(Mount):
self.__run_parted(["-s", d['disk'].device, "set",
"%d" % p['num'], flag_name, "on"])
+ # Parted defaults to enabling the lba flag for fat16 partitions,
+ # which causes compatibility issues with some firmware (and really
+ # isn't necessary).
+ if parted_fs_type == "fat16":
+ if d['ptable_format'] == 'msdos':
+ msger.debug("Disable 'lba' flag for partition '%s' on disk '%s'" % \
+ (p['num'], d['disk'].device))
+ self.__run_parted(["-s", d['disk'].device, "set",
+ "%d" % p['num'], "lba", "off"])
+
# If the partition table format is "gpt", find out PARTUUIDs for all
# the partitions. And if users specified custom parition type UUIDs,
# set them.