> > Good point. However, it is certainly not appropriate to leave a useless 
> > boot manager on the only disk in the system. :-) I propose that, if the 
> > user has indicated that NetBSD gets the whole disk, that a follow-on 
> > question come up, along the lines of "do you want NetBSD's boot loader 
> > added to that system (probably answer yes unless there are other bootable 
> > disks in this system)".
> 
> It's a good idea, maybe it's impemented in the -current sysinst. If not
> somebody should certainly do it.

I strongly second that motion.  The existance of a previous mbr totally
confused me after installing NetBSD to take the whole disk, ie, a dedicated
hdd.  This resulted in my losing the disk to physical damage after a forced
power off.

henry nelson