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

[Dmitrijs Ledkovs]

Oneiric has been released, and since it's a non-LTS release it will not
have point images created, so it actually cannot be fixed in oneiric any
more.

Precise will have more point releases, but this is a significant feature
& UI change as well. This does not qualify for an SRU, as per current
policy.

os-prober has improved and now complex multi-boot environments are
actually handled better than before.

But I can still see slight benefit of not installing bootloaders. This
needs design specification changes, as by default we want to make sure
users don't even need to know what a boot loader is and still be able to
boot their windows/mac/previous install effortlessly. Also, chances of
selecting no bootloader installation by accident should be avoided as
much as possible, as recovering/reinstalling grub by hand is not for
faint hearted.


** Tags added: needs-design

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Oneiric)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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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:
  Won't Fix
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Precise:
  Won't Fix

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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