Hey Holger, On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 03:03:04PM +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: >Hi, > >Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 04:09:53PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> >On 3/22/20 3:59 PM, Holger Wansing wrote: >> >> - MBR is outdated -> UEFI came as a successor; >> > >> >What about the boot mechanisms of all other architectures? >> > >> >Open-Firmware machines use GRUB as well and they have a boot sector. >> > >> >Other architectures use GRUB via chainloading with uboot, so you need >> >to include this well if you want to be comprehensive. And s390x >> >supports GRUB as well. >> > >> >Do you want to include all these, too? >> >> ACK. Probably worth using more generic terminology if we can. Instead >> of talking about MBR or UEFI at all, maybe just aim for "primary >> drive" or similar? >> >> >> - hard disks are no longer the only/mainly used storage media (depending >> >> on >> >> architecture); these days we are installing OS'es on SD cards or USB >> >> thumbdrives for example. >> > >> >What about virtual devices? Is "drive" appropriate in these cases or should >> >it be "disk image"? >> >> It's not always easy to tell reliably if you're installing to a >> virtual device. It's still a "drive" as far as most people are >> concerned, so I'd just stick with that. > >I have attached an updated patch, which might be considered.
I think this is better, yes. :-) Taking into account Adrian's feedback, maybe s/primary drive/hard disk/ in most places? Thanks for this effort - it's definitely good to move away from the misleading "MBR" text. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Mature Sporty Personal More Innovation More Adult A Man in Dandism Powered Midship Specialty
