[Bug 43531] Re: [Bug 43531] Re: [Bug 43531] Re: Kernel isn't very useful without a boot loader, but doesn't depend on one

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 07:14:42PM -0000, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> Ben Collins wrote:
> > The other configuration where one isn't needed is a dual boot system with an operating system that can easily boot Linux (WinNT, another Linux dist).
> >
> > I can change it to recommends though.
> >   
> That still won't prevent it from being installed. I would much rather
> that it always be installed, but that you can stop it from writing to
> the boot sector.

Neither grub nor lilo will install itself in the boot sector by default when
the package is installed, so at least those two should be safe.  I am unsure
about other architectures' boot loaders.

The installer handles boot loader installation quite carefully, however, and
I recommend that we don't complicate this in the final weeks of Dapper.
Removing grub doesn't make the system unbootable, and it won't be removed
automatically by any packaging tools (it's explicitly installed during
installation, not brought in as a dependency).

Can we revisit this after the release?

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 - mdz

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Kernel isn't very useful without a boot loader, but doesn't depend on one
https://launchpad.net/bugs/43531