2 files changed, 15 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/partition_table/empty.pm b/perl-install/partition_table/empty.pm
index e5d3c5685..fb2d8ada3 100644
--- a/perl-install/partition_table/empty.pm
+++ b/perl-install/partition_table/empty.pm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package partition_table::empty; # $Id$
 
 #- this is a mainly dummy partition table. If we find it's empty, we just call -
-#- zero_MBR which will take care of bless'ing us to the partition table type best
+#- ->clear which will take care of bless'ing us to the partition table type best
 #- suited
 
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ sub read_one {
     sysread $F, $tmp, 1024 or die "error reading magic number on disk $hd->{device}";
     $tmp eq substr($tmp, 0, 1) x 1024 or die "bad magic number on disk $hd->{device}";
 
-    partition_table::raw::zero_MBR($hd);
+    partition_table::raw::clear($hd);
 
     $hd->{primary}{raw}, $hd->{primary}{info};
 }
diff --git a/perl-install/partition_table/raw.pm b/perl-install/partition_table/raw.pm
index 3a3ffd43d..95317cf72 100644
--- a/perl-install/partition_table/raw.pm
+++ b/perl-install/partition_table/raw.pm
@@ -212,15 +212,18 @@ sub default_type {
     my $type = arch() =~ /ia64/ ? 'gpt' : arch() eq "alpha" ? "bsd" : arch() =~ /^sparc/ ? "sun" : arch() eq "ppc" ? "mac" : "dos";
     #- override standard mac type on PPC for IBM machines to dos
     $type = "dos" if arch() =~ /ppc/ && detect_devices::get_mac_model() =~ /^IBM/;
-    require "partition_table/$type.pm";
-    "partition_table::$type";
+    $type;
 }
 
-sub zero_MBR {
-    my ($hd) = @_;
-    #- force the standard partition type for the architecture
-    my $type = default_type();
-    $type->initialize($hd);
+sub zero_MBR { &clear } #- deprecated
+sub clear {
+    my ($hd, $o_type) = @_;
+
+    my $type = $o_type || default_type();
+
+    require "partition_table/$type.pm";
+    "partition_table::$type"->initialize($hd);
+
     delete $hd->{extended};
     if (detect_devices::is_xbox()) {
         my $part = { start => 1, size => 15632048, pt_type => 0x0bf, isFormatted => 1 };
@@ -235,10 +238,11 @@ sub clear_existing {
     partition_table::will_tell_kernel($hd, del => $_) foreach @parts;
 }
 
-sub zero_MBR_and_dirty {
+sub zero_MBR_and_dirty { &clear_and_dirty } #- deprecated
+sub clear_and_dirty {
     my ($hd) = @_;
     $hd->clear_existing;
-    zero_MBR($hd);
+    clear($hd);
 }
 
 sub read_primary {