v1.7.8

Author: RaspberryFpc

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
+## [1.7.7] – 2026-04-08
+
+### ✨ Improvements
+
+*Removed checkbox to optionally ignore the MBR signature, no need anymore
+
+
 ## [1.7.7] – 2026-04-08
 
 ### Bugfix

source/pibackup

@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
         <IsPartOfProject Value="True"/>
         <EditorIndex Value="3"/>
         <WindowIndex Value="0"/>
-        <TopLine Value="19"/>
-        <CursorPos X="28" Y="36"/>
+        <CursorPos X="45" Y="6"/>
         <UsageCount Value="201"/>
         <Loaded Value="True"/>
       </Unit>
@@ -26,8 +25,8 @@
         <IsVisibleTab Value="True"/>
         <EditorIndex Value="0"/>
         <WindowIndex Value="0"/>
-        <TopLine Value="100"/>
-        <CursorPos X="31" Y="103"/>
+        <TopLine Value="99"/>
+        <CursorPos X="27" Y="107"/>
         <UsageCount Value="201"/>
         <Loaded Value="True"/>
         <LoadedDesigner Value="True"/>
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@
         <UnitName Value="ExcludeParser"/>
         <EditorIndex Value="1"/>
         <WindowIndex Value="0"/>
-        <TopLine Value="37"/>
         <CursorPos X="32" Y="47"/>
         <UsageCount Value="201"/>
         <Loaded Value="True"/>
@@ -48,8 +46,8 @@
         <IsPartOfProject Value="True"/>
         <EditorIndex Value="5"/>
         <WindowIndex Value="0"/>
-        <TopLine Value="1118"/>
-        <CursorPos X="70" Y="1131"/>
+        <TopLine Value="601"/>
+        <CursorPos X="49" Y="1172"/>
         <UsageCount Value="203"/>
         <Loaded Value="True"/>
       </Unit>
@@ -347,14 +345,6 @@
       </Unit>
     </Units>
     <JumpHistory HistoryIndex="29">
-      <Position>
-        <Filename Value="rkutils.pas"/>
-        <Caret Line="1124" Column="109" TopLine="1112"/>
-      </Position>
-      <Position>
-        <Filename Value="rkutils.pas"/>
-        <Caret Line="1126" Column="79" TopLine="1114"/>
-      </Position>
       <Position>
         <Filename Value="rkutils.pas"/>
         <Caret Line="1129" Column="19" TopLine="1117"/>
@@ -467,6 +457,14 @@
         <Filename Value="rkutils.pas"/>
         <Caret Line="361" Column="11" TopLine="355"/>
       </Position>
+      <Position>
+        <Filename Value="unit1.pas"/>
+        <Caret Line="286" Column="50" TopLine="278"/>
+      </Position>
+      <Position>
+        <Filename Value="unit1.pas"/>
+        <Caret Line="285" Column="50" TopLine="277"/>
+      </Position>
     </JumpHistory>
     <RunParams>
       <FormatVersion Value="2"/>
@@ -487,14 +485,14 @@
         <WatchScope Value="wpsLocal"/>
         <WatchKind Value="wpkWrite"/>
         <Source Value="rkutils.pas"/>
-        <Line Value="1587"/>
+        <Line Value="1578"/>
       </Item>
       <Item>
         <Kind Value="bpkSource"/>
         <WatchScope Value="wpsLocal"/>
         <WatchKind Value="wpkWrite"/>
         <Source Value="rkutils.pas"/>
-        <Line Value="1585"/>
+        <Line Value="1576"/>
       </Item>
     </BreakPoints>
   </Debugging>

source/pibackup.ctps

@@ -1115,11 +1115,8 @@ function Read_Mbr(const filename: string): tmbr;
       F.Position := 0;
       Bytesread := F.Read(Rmbr, 512);
       if bytesread <> 512 then raise Exception.Create('error reading MBR: ' + filename);
-      if (RMbr.Signature <> $aa55) and (Form1.CBinvalidMbr.Checked = False) then
-      begin
-        listboxaddscroll(form1.listbox1, 'reading mbr - wrong mbr signature: ' + filename + ' = 0x' + hexstr(RMbr.Signature, 4) + ' instead of 0xaa55.');
-        raise Exception.Create('You can enable the checkbox "igmore invalid MBR signature" and try again');
-      end;
+      if (RMbr.Signature <> $aa55)  then
+        raise Exception.Create( 'reading mbr - wrong mbr signature: ' + filename + ' = 0x' + hexstr(RMbr.Signature, 4) + ' instead of 0xaa55.');
     finally
        if assigned(F) then F.Free;
     end;
@@ -1147,11 +1144,8 @@ function Read_Mbr(const filename: string): tmbr;
       F.Position := 0;
       Bytesread := F.Read(Rmbr, 512);
       if bytesread <> 512 then raise Exception.Create('reading mbr - error reading file: ' + filename);
-      if (RMbr.Signature <> $aa55) and (Form1.CBinvalidMbr.Checked = False) then
-      begin
-        listboxaddscroll(form1.listbox1, 'reading mbr - wrong mbr signature: ' + filename + ' = 0x' + hexstr(RMbr.Signature, 4) + ' instead of 0xaa55.');
-        raise Exception.Create('You can enable the checkbox "igmore invalid MBR signature" and try again');
-      end;
+      if (RMbr.Signature <> $aa55)  then
+        raise Exception.Create( 'reading mbr - wrong mbr signature: ' + filename + ' = 0x' + hexstr(RMbr.Signature, 4) + ' instead of 0xaa55.');
       Result := Rmbr;
     finally
       if assigned(F) then F.Free;
@@ -1168,11 +1162,8 @@ function Read_Mbr(const filename: string): tmbr;
       Proc.Execute;
       BytesRead := Proc.Output.Read(RMbr, 512);
       if bytesread <> 512 then raise Exception.Create('reading mbr - error reading file: ' + filename);
-      if (RMbr.Signature <> $aa55) and (Form1.CBinvalidMbr.Checked = False) then
-      begin
-        listboxaddscroll(form1.listbox1, 'reading mbr - wrong mbr signature: ' + filename + ' = 0x' + hexstr(RMbr.Signature, 4) + ' instead of 0xaa55.');
-        raise Exception.Create('You can enable the checkbox "igmore invalid MBR signature" and try again');
-      end;
+      if (RMbr.Signature <> $aa55)  then
+        raise Exception.Create( 'reading mbr - wrong mbr signature: ' + filename + ' = 0x' + hexstr(RMbr.Signature, 4) + ' instead of 0xaa55.');
       Result := Rmbr;
     finally
       Proc.Free;

source/rkutils.pas

@@ -271,14 +271,6 @@ object Form1: TForm1
       State = cbChecked
       TabOrder = 8
     end
-    object CBinvalidMbr: TCheckBox
-      Left = 15
-      Height = 21
-      Top = 76
-      Width = 198
-      Caption = 'ignore invalid MBR signature'
-      TabOrder = 9
-    end
   end
   object Panel2: TPanel
     AnchorSideLeft.Control = StringGrid1

source/unit1.frm

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@   TForm1 = class(TForm)
     ButtonCreateImage: TButton;
     ButtonWriteImagetodevice: TButton;
     CheckBox1: TCheckBox;
-    CBinvalidMbr: TCheckBox;
     EDhost: TEdit;
     EDuserpassword: TEdit;
     edit_wlanssid: TEdit;
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@   TForm1 = class(TForm)
 const
   p2mpoint = '/pi_images/p2_pibackup_img';
   p1mpoint = '/pi_images/p1_pibackup_img';
-   appname = 'PiBackup  v1.7.7';
+   appname = 'PiBackup  v1.7.8';
    ininame = '/etc/pibackup/pibackup.ini';