GRUB option in installer

[David Cheung]

I installed Ubuntu (6.06) for the first time on my home desktop machine:
   
  AMD64 dual core
  nvidia nforce4 chipset
  SATA (3 250GB drives)
  2GB RAM
   
  and I noticed that the installer did not ask for an option to install GRUB on either the MBR, the ubuntu partition superblock, or a floppy disk.  I think this is necessary, especially in systems where there are multiple hard drives and multiple operating systems.  I also run XP and Slackware.  Ubuntu was a test install for me ATM.
   
  Anyway, the reason why this was a problem for me is that the install prog did not install GRUB anywhere and the ubuntu partition was unreachable for the exact time of 3 hours and 12 minutes.  I searched a few public forums and found the workaround for this (generating my own GRUB menu.lst and manually finding the ubuntu partition by trial and error).  The installer did show that GRUB was installed, but when the system rebooted, it did not boot into ubuntu as expected: it went to XP as usual.
   
  I use LILO on a floppy to dual boot into Slackware.
   
  Other than that, after I was finally able to access the Ubuntu system, I found it to be lots of eye candy and nicely finished.  I was a little disappointed that the media player did not play my .avi files right off the bat (I watch a lot of these).
   
  Good job on creating a newb-friendly system.  My wife even complimented it, and she's an avid Windows junkie.  
   
  One thing I learned here: I'm not a human being. :-o
   
   
  David
  06/26
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