diff -urN jpilot-0.99.8.orig/libplugin.c jpilot-0.99.8/libplugin.c
--- jpilot-0.99.8.orig/libplugin.c	2005-10-24 18:32:48.000000000 +0100
+++ jpilot-0.99.8/libplugin.c	2005-11-23 22:53:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
       jp_logf(JP_LOG_WARN, _("%s:%d Error opening file: %s\n"), __FILE__, __LINE__, PDB_name);
       return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
-   num = fread(&rdbh, sizeof(RawDBHeader), 1, in);
+   num = fread(&rdbh, 78 /*sizeof(RawDBHeader)*/, 1, in);
    if (num != 1) {
       if (ferror(in)) {
 	 jp_logf(JP_LOG_WARN, _("%s:%d Error reading file: %s\n"), __FILE__, __LINE__, PDB_name);
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@
       return -1;
    }
    /*Read the database header */
-   num = fread(&rdbh, sizeof(RawDBHeader), 1, in);
+   num = fread(&rdbh, 78 /*sizeof(RawDBHeader)*/, 1, in);
    if (num != 1) {
       if (ferror(in)) {
 	 jp_logf(JP_LOG_WARN, _("Error reading file: %s\n"), PDB_name);
diff -urN jpilot-0.99.8.orig/libplugin.h jpilot-0.99.8/libplugin.h
--- jpilot-0.99.8.orig/libplugin.h	2005-10-24 18:32:48.000000000 +0100
+++ jpilot-0.99.8/libplugin.h	2005-11-23 22:53:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -76,39 +76,43 @@
 } mem_rec_header;
 
 typedef struct {
-   unsigned char db_name[32];
-   unsigned char flags[2];
-   unsigned char version[2];
-   unsigned char creation_time[4];
-   unsigned char modification_time[4];
-   unsigned char backup_time[4];
-   unsigned char modification_number[4];
-   unsigned char app_info_offset[4];
-   unsigned char sort_info_offset[4];
-   unsigned char type[4];/*Database ID */
-   unsigned char creator_id[4];/*Application ID */
-   unsigned char unique_id_seed[4];
-   unsigned char next_record_list_id[4];
-   unsigned char number_of_records[2];
+   unsigned char db_name[32] __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned char flags[2] __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned char version[2] __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned char creation_time[4] __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned char modification_time[4] __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned char backup_time[4] __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned char modification_number[4] __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned char app_info_offset[4] __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned char sort_info_offset[4] __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned char type[4] __attribute((packed));/*Database ID */
+   unsigned char creator_id[4] __attribute((packed));/*Application ID */
+   unsigned char unique_id_seed[4] __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned char next_record_list_id[4] __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned char number_of_records[2] __attribute((packed));
 } RawDBHeader;
 
+
+    
 typedef struct {
-   char db_name[32];
-   unsigned int flags;
-   unsigned int version;
-   time_t creation_time;
-   time_t modification_time;
-   time_t backup_time;
-   unsigned int modification_number;
-   unsigned int app_info_offset;
-   unsigned int sort_info_offset;
-   char type[5];/*Database ID */
-   char creator_id[5];/*Application ID */
-   char unique_id_seed[5];
-   unsigned int next_record_list_id;
-   unsigned int number_of_records;
+   char db_name[32] __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned int flags __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned int version __attribute((packed));
+   time_t creation_time __attribute((packed));
+   time_t modification_time __attribute((packed));
+   time_t backup_time __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned int modification_number __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned int app_info_offset __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned int sort_info_offset __attribute((packed));
+   char type[5] __attribute((packed));/*Database ID */
+   char creator_id[5] __attribute((packed));/*Application ID */
+   char unique_id_seed[5] __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned int next_record_list_id __attribute((packed));
+   unsigned int number_of_records __attribute((packed));
 } DBHeader;
 
+
+
 int get_next_unique_pc_id(unsigned int *next_unique_id);
 
 /* used for jp_delete_record */
diff -urN jpilot-0.99.8.orig/utils.c jpilot-0.99.8/utils.c
--- jpilot-0.99.8.orig/utils.c	2005-10-28 02:17:40.000000000 +0100
+++ jpilot-0.99.8/utils.c	2005-11-23 22:53:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@
 
    fseek(in, 0, SEEK_SET);
 
-   fread(&rdbh, sizeof(RawDBHeader), 1, in);
+   fread(&rdbh, 78 /*sizeof(RawDBHeader)*/, 1, in);
    if (feof(in)) {
       jp_logf(JP_LOG_WARN, "get_app_info_size(): %s\n", _("Error reading file"));
       return EXIT_FAILURE;