DavidEscott (david-escott) wrote: > As a practical matter there really should be an override for the installer.
+1. I've seen a LOT of online problems reported because Ubuntu installs in one mode on a computer with another OS installed in another mode. Usually the existing install in EFI mode and Ubuntu installs in BIOS mode, although sometimes it's the other way around. My own suggestion is: 1. Ubiquity should look for an existing OS installation and try to infer its boot mode. This is easy with both Windows and OS X (except for naughty Hackintosh setups). It's harder for other Linuxes and BSDs. 2. If Ubiquity is booted in a mode that doesn't match inferred boot mode for the existing OS(es), put up a warning that briefly explains the issue and provide a URL to a document with more details. There can then be options depending on the boot mode: * If in BIOS mode, the options should be to abort or proceed with a BIOS-mode install. * If in EFI mode, the options should be to abort, to proceed with an EFI-mode install, or to switch to a BIOS-mode install. All this said, I don't know how difficult it would be to modify Ubiquity to provide these options. I just know that the lack of such options is continuing to cause problems, even with 14.04. There's a whole cottage industry of tools to fix the problems, like Boot-Repair. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1015211 Title: Ubiquity installed grub-efi when it should have installed grub-pc To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1015211/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
