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Re: Bug#286027: ITP: ms-sys -- tool for writing Microsoft compatible boot records



On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 01:24:06AM +0100, Bartosz Fenski aka fEnIo wrote:
> * Package name    : ms-sys
> 
> [...]
> 
> This is a Linux program for writing Microsoft compatible boot records. The
> program does the same as Microsoft "fdisk /mbr" to a hard disk or "sys d:"
> to a floppy or FAT partition except that it does not copy any system files,
> only the boot record is written.

Where is the included boot block code from?

I'd also like to point out that the boot block source code is not
included, certainly making this package non-DFSG-free, and probably
making it undistributable by us under the GPL.

-- 
gram



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