Subject: Re: port-shark/35576 - Make sysinst clear MBR
To: None <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/11/2007 20:10:01
On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 08:05:06PM +0000, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR port-shark/35576; it has been noted by GNATS.
>  
>  Hi,
>  
>  The attached patch for sysinst asks the user if he wants to clear the  
>  MBR and does so.  It also tells him how to configure the firmware to  
>  boot from the on-disk kernel.
>  
>  But... I feel the question is useless.  Is it there any reason not to  
>  clear the MBR?  If there is not, I'll change the code to  
>  unconditionally clear it and only add a message at the end of the  
>  installation to tell the user what to do on the firmware.

What do you mean by 'clear the mbr' ?
I suspect you want the mbr editor ?
  
>  Index:=20arch/shark/md.c=0A=
>  =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
>  =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
>  =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0ARCS=20file:=20=
>  /cvsroot/src/distrib/utils/sysinst/arch/shark/md.c,v=0Aretrieving=20=
>  revision=201.19=0Adiff=20-u=20-p=20-u=20-r1.19=20md.c=0A---=20=
>  arch/shark/md.c=095=20Apr=202006=2016:55:07=20-0000=091.19=0A+++=20=

Unreadable....


	David

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