On Fri, May 08, 1998 at 09:06:32AM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote: > I still saw problems last weekend with mbr.b not being written to > /dev/sda when installing frozen with the 04-11 boot-floppies. I > did that by hand "dd if=/boot/mbr.b of=/dev/sda bs=444" and after that I > could boot from the disk. > > And yes, I did answer 'y' to the question "install a boot block" or > whatever the exact message is. > > Note that this only happens on a virgin disk or a disk that otherwise > doesn't have any remains of a previous installation on it (e.g. dos; the > dos primary bootstrap also works).
The "install a boot block" dialog takes the opposite action of what one chooses (that is, if you want to install a boot block, answer "No"). It's a known bug, and has been fixed in boot-floppies_2.0.5 (04-26), still stuck in Incoming. Thanks, -- Enrique Zanardi [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]