Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: grub
I am not sure if "grub" is the correct package to report this under, but
it seems the one most associated with the system startup.
If installing Ubuntu 10.04 as a dual boot system (ie adding it to a
machine with one of more other operating systems already installed),
using the default recommended installation routine you are not prompted
what operating system should be made the default. Ubuntu 10.04 is made
the default, which seems a little arrogant.
There is not clear method by default to change the default operating system.
Search engine results seem to throw up most suggestions for one to edit the
file: /etc/default/grub
With Grub2 this file does not contain a list of all the startup options so one
cannot easily determine which number should be made the default.
There is a GUI method, which is good, but this is not installed by
default. This is the package: startupmanager
This installs an entry under: System -> Administration -> StartUp-Manager.
This enables you to easily select the default operating system from a drop down
list.
1) Why during the installation routine can the user not be asked at
least a simple question along the lines of:
Select the default operating system on startup:
1) Existing operating system - xxxx
2) Ubuntu 10.04 (the one you are currently installing)
Which ever option you choose can be easily changed later using the
StartUp-Manager
2) Why is the StartUp-Manager not installed by default?
3) The same problem appears in a slightly different form when there is a
kernel update. The user is confronted with a somewhat obscure message
about whether the existing grub configuration should be merged or over-
written, or something along these lines. Surely in the case of the user
simply having changed the default operating system, a simple question
along the lines of that suggested in 1) could be used instead?
Is the root cause that there is not way the user can tell the system to
keep an operating system other than Ubuntu as the default both during
installation and during kernel upgrades?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: grub (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Aug 8 22:39:41 2010
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub
** Affects: grub (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid
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Ubuntu 10.04 Poor at Letting the User Choose the Default Operating System on
Installation and During Kernel Upgrades
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/615139
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