On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:03:42 +0100, Maarten Vanraes <maarten.vanr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Op woensdag 16 maart 2011 23:30:59 schreef André Salaün: > > On a old computer (Athlon 64, printer epson c82, scanner epson 1650 > > photo, usb wireless keyboard and mouse, ethernet network) > > > > Installation stage (choice kde) : > > All good but : > > > > -Boot loader : no choice, I had to volontary select "configure" in the > > last summary page . I hope final release will give the choice between > > MBR and partition. > > i'm not sure this is a bug, i didn't ever needed a to choose partition. > > can i ask why you would want to have the bootloader in a partition? i mean, > how are you going to boot into it, if it's not on MBR? > To install on a disk shared with windows, for example. I did that on my laptop and also missed the option, but also found it in summary page (grub is in sda3, Win7 BCD on /dev/sda, added linux grub with EasyBCD). If this option is not clearly visible, you can easily wipe windows boot menu and many users will be disappointed. -- J.A. Magallon <jamagallon()ono!com> \ Software is like sex: \ It's better when it's free