Rescue mode bad for users.

[Jimmy Angelakos]

George Farris wrote:
> I just took a new user through re-installing his boot record with rescue
> mode.  I must say that no new user is ever going to figure this out.
> This is probably one of the most common operations, I have done this a
> few times and is currently the only reason I have had to go into rescue
> mode.
> Is there any chance that this could be looked into before Dappers
> release?  I suggest a top level menu right on boot. "Repair boot record"
> or something similar.

This is wishlist bug #30123, already assigned and due to be fixed by
Dapper: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/rescue/+bug/30123

Thanks,
Jimmy