Offering a choice of where or if to install a bootloader is something very minimal that an installer must do.
A lot of people are actually scared of using command line. This needs to be in the installer. The big picture: It may not be as simple as competing operating system installers, but keep in mind that this is GNU/Linux. Simple or not, compatibility with multi-boot environments is a fundamental feature. GNU/Linux was also designed with the ambition to run on just about any kind of hardware. The little picture: Personally, I am concerned about this bug since I install ubuntu on a RAID:0. Theoretically this works (since Jaunty) but the past installers have all failed to install grub to /dev/mapper/raiddrive. Usually, the installer just fails, but sometimes asks or tries to install to /dev/sda and then fails. Unless I choose not to install grub and later install it manually from the livecd in a chroot, I don't get a bootable system. Ideallly, raid installation will be fixed and my issue will be gone, but having the choice is still important. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/690926 Title: Installer forces you to install grub somewhere To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/690926/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
