Automatic GRUB installation only if GRUB isn't already installed
Peter Garrett
peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Wed Aug 23 11:25:28 BST 2006
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:36:54 +0800
Wenzhuo Zhang <wenzhuo at zhmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> They do this because they assume that all PCs run Microsoft OSes only,
> and they should take care of the MBR and the boot loader. ;)
I'm inclined to agree that Matt's interpretation is, shall we say,
charitable ;-)
Peter
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