[Bug 690926] Re: Installer forces you to install grub somewhere

[quequotion]

Offering a choice of where or if to install a bootloader is something
very minimal that an installer must do.

A lot of people are actually scared of using command line. This needs to
be in the installer.

The big picture:

It may not be as simple as competing operating system installers, but
keep in mind that this is GNU/Linux.

Simple or not, compatibility with multi-boot environments is a
fundamental feature.

GNU/Linux was also designed with the ambition to run on just about any
kind of hardware.

The little picture:

Personally, I am concerned about this bug since I install ubuntu on a
RAID:0.

Theoretically this works (since Jaunty) but the past installers have all
failed to install grub to /dev/mapper/raiddrive.

Usually, the installer just fails, but sometimes asks or tries to
install to /dev/sda and then fails.

Unless I choose not to install grub and later install it manually from
the livecd in a chroot, I don't get a bootable system.

Ideallly, raid installation will be fixed and my issue will be gone, but
having the choice is still important.

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Title:
  Installer forces you to install grub somewhere

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Natty:
  Won't Fix
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Oneiric:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  Prior to Maverick, the installer had a choice on the last screen,
  under advanced, to either not install grub, or install it somewhere
  other than /dev/sda.  As of Maverick, the choice of where to install
  grub to has been moved to the partitioning screen.  This is nice, but
  there is no option to not install grub at all.  The drop down list of
  locations to install grub to needs to include an option for NONE OF
  THE ABOVE.

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