I believe I have yet another installer-related problem that better be fixed before Hardy release in order to preserve user friendly reputation of ?ubuntu: Before the installation actually starts, the wizard displays summary of all the settings and there's an "Advanced" button opening another window where any unexperienced user can easily disable boot loader installation, which makes the freshly installed OS completely inaccessible. I figured that this at least shortcoming is present in all GUI front-ends of standard ?ubuntu installer (I can confirm the same experience in ubuntu, kubuntu and xubuntu).
The solution is quite simple: Either this option can be completely removed from installer's GUI since I can't imagine it being of any use to anyone other than highly experienced Linux gurus (who probably use something like Gentoo anyway) or it MUST be provided with some kind of warning to keep anyone who's not sure what he's doing to stay away (possibly combined with explanation of what is the "boot loader" for). I also suggest that the text box serving as an input for identifier of the location where boot loader will be installed should be changed to drop-down menu with automatically detected locations, or maybe it could even become a part of deciding where OS will be installed. In general I would certainly make the installer more verbose, especially when any of available options could be dangerous to unexperienced users - for example clearly explain what does it mean "use the entire disk". Peace out and keep up the excellent work. -- More warning about installation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155185 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
