From 177fa685159523d2ef8bd9ad6447d28c3338e7e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:36:25 -0800
Subject: Make disk label if necessary

Bug 7732
Restore installation section that makes disk label.
---
 scripts/install/install-get-partition | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

(limited to 'scripts/install/install-get-partition')

diff --git a/scripts/install/install-get-partition b/scripts/install/install-get-partition
index 86197708..594fa929 100755
--- a/scripts/install/install-get-partition
+++ b/scripts/install/install-get-partition
@@ -682,6 +682,22 @@ create_partitions() {
     exit 1
   fi
 
+  # Make sure you can print disk info using parted
+  parted --script /dev/$ldrive p >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+  # If unable to read disk, it's likely it needs a disklabel
+  if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+    lecho "Creating a new disklabel on $ldrive"
+    lecho "parted /dev/$ldrive mklabel msdos"
+    output=$(parted -s /dev/$ldrive mklabel msdos)
+
+    parted --script /dev/$ldrive p >/dev/null 2>&1
+    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+      echo "Unable to read disk label.  Exiting."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
+
   lecho "Creating root partition on /dev/$ldrive"
   
   # make the root partition
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