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List:       netbsd-port-xen
Subject:    Re: OK to remove "no_mbr" from xbd disks in sysinst?
From:       "Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch () kollasch ! net>
Date:       2011-11-30 22:44:05
Message-ID: 20111130224405.GA5637 () tazenda ! kollasch ! net
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 02:16:29PM -0800, Jeff Rizzo wrote:
> Would anyone mind terribly if I removed the "no_mbr" flag from xbd(4)
> disks in sysinst?  Not installing an MBR means it's a lot more work to
> switch a domU from PV to HVM, or to use a PV INSTALL to install an HVM domU.
> 
> I haven't actually tested yet, but I don't particularly see a downside
> for this...

You really don't need an MBR to boot on HVM.

Really, no_mbr should be the decision of the person running sysinst on
x86.

So, put me down for "slightly-objects".

	Jonathan Kollasch
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