Bug#988472: install-mbr doesnt create a partition

[Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com>]

Marc Haber wrote:
> Package: release-notes
> Severity: minor
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Chapter 4.3.3.1 of the release notes suggest using install-mbr /dev/sdX
> followed by mkdosfs /dev/sdX1. On a really blank medium, this doesn't
> work since install-mbr does NOT create a partition.

You mean the Installation Guide, not the Release Notes.

 "https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.en.html#usb-copy-flexible";
| Since most USB sticks come pre-configured with a single FAT16
| partition, you probably won't have to repartition or reformat the
| stick. If you have to do that anyway, use cfdisk or any other
| partitioning tool to create a FAT16 partition[3], install an MBR using:
|
| # install-mbr /dev/sdX
|

It looks to me as if this needs "(and) then" before "install", among
other fixes.  For instance, footnote 3 is:

| [3] Don't forget to set the "bootable" bootable flag.

which is probably trying to say:

  [3] Don't forget to activate the "bootable" flag.

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JBR	with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
	sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package