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

From: Dan McMahill <dmcmahill@NetBSD.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: jmmv@NetBSD.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: port-shark/35576 - Make sysinst clear MBR
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:55:07 -0500

 Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR port-shark/35576; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: "Julio M. Merino Vidal" <jmmv84@gmail.com>
 > To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
 > Cc: port-arm@NetBSD.org
 > Subject: Re: port-shark/35576 - Make sysinst clear MBR
 > Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:02:49 +0100
 > 
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 >  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.
 
 I don't know of a reason, but I'm a new shark with disk user so I 
 certainly don't speak with authority here.
 
 -Dan