The following reply was made to PR port-shark/35576; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: jmmv@NetBSD.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org,
	dmcmahill@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: port-shark/35576 - Make sysinst clear MBR
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:10:01 +0000

 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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 David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk