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[Aymeric Mansoux <aymeric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Scenario:

 - a machine has already a system installed with GRUB as boot manager
 - you want to use make-live-device.sh to create a liveHD install

Result:

 - epic fail

The script puts syslinux in /dev/sdX1 which is normal, but GRUB is in
the MBR, so you would need to wipe it before using syslinux. The normal
way would be to use dd to wipe the 1st 512 of /dev/sdX but that does not
work (why?!). The only way to get rid of grub in that case is to cat the
mbr.bin provided by sysinux to /dev/sdX.

** Affects: broth
     Importance: High
         Status: In Progress

** Changed in: broth
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: broth
   Importance: Undecided => High

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no syslinux when grub has been previously installed
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/525855
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Status in broth - the mother of all soups: In Progress

Bug description:
Scenario:

 - a machine has already a system installed with GRUB as boot manager
 - you want to use make-live-device.sh to create a liveHD install

Result:

 - epic fail

The script puts syslinux in /dev/sdX1 which is normal, but GRUB is in the MBR, so you would need to wipe it before using syslinux. The normal way would be to use dd to wipe the 1st 512 of /dev/sdX but that does not work (why?!). The only way to get rid of grub in that case is to cat the mbr.bin provided by sysinux to /dev/sdX.