Public bug reported:
Currently (at least on edgy) the bootloader (GRUB) is installed into the MBR of
the drive.
IMHO this has several disadvantages. If installing another OS (like Windows or
another Linux distro) the MBR often gets overwritten, and it's rather hard to
restore GRUB.
The best way IMHO would be to install GRUB into the boot sector of the root
partition, and setting this partition as active. This has the advantage that
the standard MBR can be used (which just boots the active partition) and also
it's easier to remove ubuntu (you just remove the partition and set another one
as active) and it's more compatible with other operating systems.
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Bootloader should be installed to the partition instead of the mbr
https://launchpad.net/bugs/85816
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