request for clearer maint-msg regarding rewriting of (MBR)...

[David Cook]

About a week ago, a maintenance update for 'grub2' came thru (for the 'sid'
repository).

It runs a 'pre-install' script, which displays 2 different options, either
or both of which the operator/owner
could select (or not select).  The wording of one entry (for the named
partition, eg. sda5) was clear and
I selected.  The other one was NOT clear...was phrased similar to "...'sda
(Fujitsu), etc'.

Long story short, I selected both, but later learned of my error...what it
DID was to rewrite the MBR for disk 'sda',
which is NOT what I wanted!

I'm requesting that the additional phrase 're-write MBR' or even just 'MBR'
be made part of that option-question,
since that is what the industry calls it!

[It WOULD have been clear to me what that option was asking if it had only
contained 'MBR', so please
rectify this, for future upgrades.

TIA...

[a 'burned' user (who DID undo the damage the next day, after learning
how/where to get a Win-7 'repair DVD', etc)]


Dave
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