[syslinux] BIOS disk geometry and Linux 2.6

[Patrick J. LoPresti]

I am with Michael on this one.  My current installation system prompts
before making any changes to the disk.  Scribbling on sectors on
unrelated disks is simply not an option.

 - Pat

Michael_E_Brown at Dell.com writes:

> 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).
> 
> --
> Michael