Automatic GRUB installation only if GRUB isn't already installed

[Krzysztof Lichota]

Wenzhuo Zhang napisał(a):
> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 03:08:00PM +0200, Mgr. Peter Tuharsky wrote:
>>> Besides, Microsoft is doing the same and I don't think anybody likes 
>>> that ;o)
>> They do this for the same reason: most users don't know or care what a boot
>> loader is, and would be confused by the question.
>>
>> The solution that Colin and I agreed on is to provide an advanced options
>> button at an appropriate place in the installer to allow the user to change
>> this behaviour.
> 
> That will be nice! Another well-thought idea is to backup the MBR 
> somewhere before overwriting it. Two versions of the MBR can be backed 
> up: the original version before installing Ubuntu, and the version after
> editing the partition.

And even better, when the MBR is backed up, offer in GRUB menu option
"Boot the previous boot loader".

	Krzysztof Lichota

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