On 11/03/2007, at 21:59, Michael Lorenz wrote:

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> Hello,
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> On Mar 11, 2007, at 16:02, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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> IIRC all sharks need the MBR nuked in order to boot from an  
> internal disk.

I thought so.  And even if they don't, it cannot hurt clearing it,  
right?  If you are installing NetBSD on a disk in a shark, you are  
going to lose all its contents anyway, so losing also the MBR is not  
a problem.  Or so it seems ;-)

Thanks.

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Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>