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 -- Bootloader should be installed to the partition instead of the mbr https://launchpad.net/bugs/85816 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs