RE: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-08 Thread PEDRO MACANAS VALVERDE
De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] en nombre de Evan Enviado el: mar 08/04/2008 1:48 Para: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Asunto: Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG) IMHO, adding a boot-loader page to the installer would cause more trouble than it's worth with new users.

Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-07 Thread Nigel Henry
On Tuesday 01 April 2008 21:09, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 20:53 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: On Tuesday 01 April 2008 19:35, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 19:23 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: The request I have is, is it possible to include options as to where

Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-07 Thread Gezim Hoxha
Personally I think it would be better to have a separate page for the bootloader, as on other distros, and where you have choices presented to you as to where you want to install the bootloader. In most cases the default of installing to the MBR would be ok if you were a first time user of

Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-07 Thread Onno Benschop
On 08/04/08 04:39, Nigel Henry wrote: I'm just installing another instance of Gutsy Gibbon on one of my drives, and as you say the Advanced button is there on the confirmation page you mention above, but can easily be missed, as I did on my first install of Gutsy Gibbon, and ended up with

Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-07 Thread Evan
IMHO, adding a boot-loader page to the installer would cause more trouble than it's worth with new users. However, the 'advanced' button should be far more visible. Make it bigger, and label it 'configure boot-loader' or something. Very few people will use it, but those who do need to be able to

Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-01 Thread Nigel Henry
I've just installed Gutsy Gibbon on a harddrive with 4 distros on it. The install went ok, and was able to select which partitions I wanted to use to install Gutsy Gibbon on, but after that the install went into auto mode, and post install I find that Gutsy Gibbons Grub has been installed in

Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-01 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 19:23 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: The request I have is, is it possible to include options as to where the bootloader is going to be installed in Gutsy Gibbons installer program, as are present in other distros. The default is usually the MBR, but you are usually

Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-01 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 20:53 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: On Tuesday 01 April 2008 19:35, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 19:23 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: The request I have is, is it possible to include options as to where the bootloader is going to be installed in Gutsy Gibbons