add /NOIPL argument to prevent writing IPL on MBR initialization

IPL area is filled with zero instead. Some BIOSes contain heuristics
which allow them to skip the device upon boot if they detect the
first bytes of the IPL being zero.

FreeDOS 1.3 installation under VMware accidentally works because of
this, because FDISK 1.3 fails to write proper boot code when
initializing the MBR.

The INT 18 method introduced to the boot code via 301ba27 should render
this obsolete.

Author: boeckmann

source/fdisk/main.c

@@ -726,6 +726,13 @@ int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
          command_ok = TRUE;
       }
 
+      if ( 0 == strcmp( arg[0].choice, "NOIPL" ) ) {
+         /* prevent writing IPL upon MBR initialisation */
+         flags.no_ipl = TRUE;
+         Shift_Command_Line_Options( 1 );
+         command_ok = TRUE;
+      }
+
       if ( 0 == strcmp( arg[0].choice, "PRI" ) ) {
          flags.use_iui = FALSE;
          Command_Line_Create_Primary_Partition();

source/fdisk/main.h

@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ typedef struct flags_structure {
    int monochrome;
    int maximum_drive_number;
    int more_than_one_drive;
+   int no_ipl;
    int partitions_have_changed;
    int partition_type_lookup_table;
    int reboot;

source/fdisk/pdiskio.c

@@ -1330,7 +1330,8 @@ int Write_Partition_Tables( void )
          goto drive_error;
       }
 
-      if ( *(unsigned short *)( sector_buffer + 510 ) != 0xAA55 ) {
+      if ( ( *(unsigned short *)( sector_buffer + 510 ) != 0xAA55 ) &&
+           ( flags.no_ipl != TRUE ) ) {
          /* install MBR code if we install a new MBR */
          memcpy( sector_buffer, bootnormal_code, SIZE_OF_IPL );
       }