diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f9dd4562b..8895d8db0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-12-09  OKUJI Yoshinori  <okuji@gnu.org>
+
+	* lib/device.c [__linux__] (write_to_partition): Use strcpy
+	instead of strcat, to overwrite "/disc". Reported by Thiago
+	Macieira <thiagom@mail.com>.
+	
 2000-12-05  Jochen Hoenicke  <jochen@gnu.org>
 
 	* stage2/fsys_minix.c (minix_mount): Corrected the check for
diff --git a/lib/device.c b/lib/device.c
index 24c99b3fe..4a58b006f 100644
--- a/lib/device.c
+++ b/lib/device.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ write_to_partition (char **map, int drive, int partition,
   if (have_devfs ())
     {
       if (strcmp (dev + strlen(dev) - 5, "/disc") == 0)
-	strcat (dev + strlen(dev) - 5, "/part");
+	strcpy (dev + strlen(dev) - 5, "/part");
     }
   sprintf (dev + strlen(dev), "%d", ((partition >> 16) & 0xFF) + 1);