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A python module to manipulate and create MBRs.

Project description

PyMBR is a simple module that allows the user to parse, manipulate or create MBR/Bootsectors easily.

  • Parse full MBR dump

  • Parse parts of the MBR such as the partition table.

  • Change the bootcode or the artition table values.

  • Compose the changes made into a a new MBR binary string.

Installation

python setup.py install

or

pip install pymbr

Sample usage - Creating a simple MBR

import pymbr
mbr = pymbr.MBR()
mbr.bootcode = pymbr.Bootcode.ZOIDBERG
mbr.partitionTable = pymbr.PartitionTable.parse('\x00' * 64)
mbr.signature = 0xaa55
bin = mbr.compose()
with open('mbr.bin', 'wb') as file:
    file.write(bin)

TODOs:

  • Add more common filesystems to the Filesystem class

  • Add common MBR bootcode to he Bootcode class

  • Add LBA to CHS converion

  • Add overlapping partition prevention

  • Tests?

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