Bug#386253: Eliminate the GRUB question?
reassign 386253 grub-installer thanks Quoting Geert Stappers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): My opinion about this request: * split the bugreport in several BR. One against grub-installer, the other against the partitioning tools. Despite this suggestion, I think that it's better keeping the original suggestion in grub-installer bugsrather than having it rot in the installation reports..:-) Hint ; the original suggestion seems worth having a look, though probably to handle very carefully..:) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#386253: Eliminate the GRUB question?
Package: debian-installer Version: etch beta3 Priority: wishlist Yodel! Just a quick idea: if the user tells the partitioner to erase and use the whole disk in installation, the question from the boot loader whether it should be put in the MBR could probably be omitted - d-i has control of the whole machine anyway, so no need to be friendly to other boot managers etc. Never looked at the installer up close, so I have no idea how you'd pass the data through, but I think people not familiar with PC internals find that GRUB question one of the more confusing ones asked in a default installation: they have no idea what GRUB is, they don't know where the MBR is plugged into their computer and whether they'll have to rinse it after use etc. cheers -- vbi -- Protect your privacy - encrypt your email: http://fortytwo.ch/gpg/intro pgpZ0bBo8Begq.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#386253: Eliminate the GRUB question?
My opinion about this request: * split the bugreport in several BR. One against grub-installer, the other against the partitioning tools. * Introduce a debconf flag partitioning/erased_the_only_disk * Parted, partman and other set the flag if they erased the only in the computer. * Important is the _only_ disk because the computer could have two disks, each dedicated for an operating system. erase whole disk could be on the non booting disk. * grub-installer checks on the partitioning/erased_the_only_disk flag to see if some questions can be avoided. * If I recall correct: saying no on a grub question, allows installing lilo Cheers Geert Stappers -- An opinion is like an asshole, everybody has one. --Dirty Harry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
