Does ubuntu plan to use grub2 as the default boot loader?

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 01:22:54PM +0800, jacky wrote:
> Debian Installer already accepted a patch for install
> grub2 in installtion. (grub-installer_1.18)
> Does ubuntu plan to use grub2 as the default boot
> loader?

My understanding is that grub 0.x will no longer be maintained upstream, so
yes, Ubuntu will move to grub2.  However, there is currently no concrete
plan or timeline for this transition.

> And grub2 can be used for boot CD. Will ubuntu replace
> isolinux with grub2 in the future?

That depends on whether grub2's CD support is as broadly compatible as
isolinux.

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 - mdz