Dell m1330 mbr needs overwriting
Bug #178641 reported by
Benson Margulies
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubiquity
I feel as if I'm swimming upstream, but I write to complain about the opposite of a whole series of reports: I'm unhappy that the gutsy live CD install failed to replace the stock Dell MBR.
The stock Dell MBR for this laptop supports two 'boot' buttons: the power button and the mediadirect button.
If you do what I did, and install gutsy on the entire HD, but don't overwrite the MBR, pushing the media direct button will trash your hard drive, by rewriting the partition table. This is not especially kind of dell, but I have higher hopes that Ubuntu might save others from this unpleasant fate that befell me.
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This is a problem in the mediadirect installer. It overwrites the hard disk without warning. Dell should provide a way to disable this button or change the behaviour of the installer.
I doubt this should be fixed in Ubuntu but agree this is a problem.