RE: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-08 Thread PEDRO MACANAS VALVERDE
De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] en nombre de Evan Enviado el: mar 08/04/2008 1:48 Para: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Asunto: Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG) >IMHO, adding a boot-loader page to the installer would cause more trouble than >it's worth wit

Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-07 Thread Evan
IMHO, adding a boot-loader page to the installer would cause more trouble than it's worth with new users. However, the 'advanced' button should be far more visible. Make it bigger, and label it 'configure boot-loader' or something. Very few people will use it, but those who do need to be able to f

Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-07 Thread Felix Miata
On 2008/04/07 17:11 (GMT-0600) Gezim Hoxha apparently typed: > Adding a new page would first, confuse new users (potentially) and second, > it's an extra page that you have to click through; I think it's not a good > idea. Right. Better to be rude like windoz and automatically overwrite the MBR

Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-07 Thread Onno Benschop
On 08/04/08 04:39, Nigel Henry wrote: > I'm just installing another instance of Gutsy Gibbon on one of my drives, and > as you say the "Advanced" button is there on the confirmation page you > mention above, but can easily be missed, as I did on my first install of > Gutsy Gibbon, and ended up w

Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-07 Thread Gezim Hoxha
> > Personally I think it would be better to have a separate page for the > bootloader, as on other distros, and where you have choices presented to > you > as to where you want to install the bootloader. In most cases the default > of > installing to the MBR would be ok if you were a first time us

Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-07 Thread Nigel Henry
On Tuesday 01 April 2008 21:09, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 20:53 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Tuesday 01 April 2008 19:35, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 19:23 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > > > > The request I have is, is it possible to include options as

Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-01 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 20:53 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > On Tuesday 01 April 2008 19:35, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 19:23 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > > > The request I have is, is it possible to include options as to where the > > > bootloader is going to be installed in Gutsy

Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-01 Thread Nigel Henry
On Tuesday 01 April 2008 19:35, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 19:23 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > > The request I have is, is it possible to include options as to where the > > bootloader is going to be installed in Gutsy Gibbons installer program, > > as are present in other distro

Re: Problem with Grub being installed in MBR as default (GG)

2008-04-01 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 19:23 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote: > The request I have is, is it possible to include options as to where the > bootloader is going to be installed in Gutsy Gibbons installer program, as > are present in other distros. The default is usually the MBR, but you are > usually pres