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Re: How do I get the mbr package to do its job quietly?



On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 13:25:37 -0400 (EDT), Sven Joachim wrote:
> On 2010-04-07 18:21 +0200, Stephen Powell wrote:
>> I read the man page for install-mbr, and I can see how to eliminate
>> the boot prompt, which I have done, but I couldn't find a way to
>> suppress the MBR advertisement.  The DOS/Windows mbr program is
>> totally silent, a trick that I would like to teach this program.  Does
>> anyone know of a way to accomplish this?
> 
> I haven't looked at this in detail, but probably you have to patch the
> source and rebuild the package.

That's what I was afraid of.  I was hoping that I had overlooked something
that someone out there knew about.
>>
>> Or is this just something I have to live with?
>
> Of course not.  This is free software, after all.

>From a cost/benefit point of view, it's not worth it to me if I have
to patch the source.  I'll just live with it.

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  .''`.     Stephen Powell    <zlinuxman@wowway.com>
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