Bug#587857: syslinux: extlinux-install should back up the current MBR before overwriting it

tag 587857 pending thanks done (in a slightely different way) in git, thanks for bringing it up. -- Address:Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: daniel.baum...@panthera-systems.net Internet: http://people.panthera-systems.net/~daniel-baumann/ --

Bug#587857: syslinux: extlinux-install should back up the current MBR before overwriting it

Package: syslinux Version: 2:4.00+dfsg-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, please find a patch attached. Furthermore I'd like to suggest to silence the output of dd also while writing the extlinux mbr, as I did in the patch. Otherwise the output of extlinux- install is slightly cluttered. -