if [ "$RADIO_HDD" = "true" ];then #hard drive.

 #weird code here...

 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/$USBDRV bs=512 count=1

 sync

 #fdisk cannot be used to create a partition table, it won't boot, use makebootfat...

 makebootfat --output /dev/$USBDRV --syslinux3 --boot ldlinux.bss --mbr mbr.bin --copy ldlinux.sys tempdir

 #...but drive broken, fix as follows...



 #update: have patched 'makebootfat', no longer need this...

 ##optional...

 ##maybe should use 'parted'. with fdisk, to change heads/sectors, have to create a broken partition...

 ##fdisk weird, delete partition, change to 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, create a (wrong) partition...

 #echo -e 'd\nx\nh\n255\ns\n63\nr\nn\np\n1\n\n\nw' | fdisk /dev/$USBDRV

 #sync

 ##delete wrong partition, create correct partition...

 #echo -e 'd\nn\np\n1\n\n\nw' | fdisk /dev/$USBDRV

 #sync

 

 #also optional...

 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/${USBDRV}1 bs=512 count=1 #zeroise first 512 bytes of partition. some apps need this.



 DRVSIZEB=`fdisk -l /dev/${USBDRV} | grep '^Disk /dev/' | cut -f 5 -d ' '` #in bytes.

 DRVSIZEK=`expr $DRVSIZEB \/ 1024`

 DRVSIZEM=`expr $DRVSIZEK \/ 1024`

 sync

 if [ $DRVSIZEM -gt 1024 ];then #1GB

  #set partition-id to fat32 (0b=fat32, oc=fat32-lba)...

  echo -e 't\n0b\nw' | fdisk /dev/$USBDRV

  mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/${USBDRV}1 #FAT32.  -n puppysave

 else

  #set partition-id to fat16 (06=fat16, 0e=fat16-lba)...

  echo -e 't\n06\nw' | fdisk /dev/$USBDRV

  mkdosfs -F 16 /dev/${USBDRV}1 #FAT16.  -n puppysave

 fi

 sync

 

 #110130 fix for ldlinux.sys wiped...

 makebootfat --output /dev/$USBDRV --syslinux3 --boot ldlinux.bss --mbr mbr.bin --copy ldlinux.sys tempdir

 sync

 

 syslinux /dev/${USBDRV}1

 #um, it may still need to have the boot flag set...

 [ "`fdisk -l /dev/$USBDRV | grep '/dev/.* \\* '`" = "" ] && echo -e 'a\n1\nw' | fdisk /dev/$USBDRV

 #one big fat partition, pup_save will be in it too...

 PUPSAVEPART="${USBDRV}1"

 PUPBOOTPART="${USBDRV}1"

else