Bug#568529: overwrites MBR of installation medium

To: 568529@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Piotr Lewandowski <piotr.lewandowski@gmail.com>
Subject: Bug#568529: overwrites MBR of installation medium
From: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:36:06 +0100
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reassign 568529 grub-installer 1.49
severity 568529 serious
thanks

On Friday 05 February 2010, Piotr Lewandowski wrote:
> I'm aware that device enumeration issues were reported in #517563 and
> #516280 and are present in errata for lenny release RC2, but I believe
> that installer should not overwrite installation medium under any
> circumstances.

Agreed. But I'm lowering the severity to serious (still "not suitable for 
release") as a boot sector can be repaired. I would not expect any actual 
data loss.

Cheers,
FJP

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