[Bug 356095] Re: Master boot record overwritten by installer

[YannUbuntu]

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Title:
  Master boot record overwritten by installer

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I installed Ubuntu 9.04 beta a system with one internal hard drive and one external USB attached hard drive.
  Ubuntu was installed on the external drive. The installer, however, installed the Grub boot loader on the internal hard drive overwriting the MBR of that disk without asking where I would like to install the boot loader.
  Unfortunately, the internal hard drive contained a Windows installation and was using full disk encryption software (Utimaco SafeGuard) so now it can't be booted. All the data on the disk is probably unrecoverable.

  The installer should ask the target location of the boot loader.
  Also, it would be good if the installer could check if the existing boot block contains something other than the basic Windows boot loader, and would issue extra warnings if this is the case.
  The installer could also automatically make a copy of the existing boot block in the Linux installation since installing the boot loader is the last thing to be done during the installation process.

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