#!/usr/bin/perl # # Script to find the "patch area" of ldlinux.sys # eval { use bytes; }; open(SYS, "< ldlinux.sys") or die "$0: Cannot open ldlinux.sys\n"; eval { binmode SYS; }; if ( read(SYS,$sec1,512) != 512 ) { die "$0: ldlinux.sys: short read\n"; } close(SYS); for ( $i = 0 ; $i < 512; $i++ ) { $scan = substr($sec1,$i,12); if ( $scan eq "\032LDLINUX SYS" && substr($sec1,$i+16,2) eq "\x55\xAA" ) { last; } } die "$0: Did not find patch area signature\n" unless ( $i < 512 ); # Past signature, plus align to the subsequent dword. print ((($i+18)+3) & ~3); print "\n";