[syslinux] BIOS disk geometry and Linux 2.6

[H. Peter Anvin]

Michael_E_Brown at Dell.com wrote:
> Even then, not good.
> 
> I am the principle architect for Dell Server Assitant 8.0. It is an
> installer that Dell ships with every server we sell. The new version is
> based on Linux and uses isolinux.
> 
> We must always ask permission from the user before we change a block on the
> disk. Asking for this permission from the boot loader would not be an
> acceptable user interface (our marketing people would freak out).
> 

Then don't use it... we're not exactly suggesting a general-use facility
here...

	-hpa