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Idea #29909: Please reinstate option not to install bootloader during installation

Written by oldos2er the 29 Jun 12 at 16:45. Related project: Live CD installer. Status: New
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Please reinstate the option not to install a bootloader (grub2) during Ubuntu installation. Not everyone runs only Ubuntu, and may have a preexisting bootloader they wish to retain. If a user chooses "Something else" when installing Ubuntu (the old title of "Manual installation" was much better, in my opinion), the installer program should assume the user knows what they're doing and offer not to install grub2.

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Solution #1: Allow user to decide whether or not to install bootloader
Written by oldos2er the 29 Jun 12 at 16:45.
Allow the user the option not to install a bootloader (grub2) during Ubuntu installation. This need only be available to users if they choose "Something else".

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maxpowers43 wrote on the 29 Jun 12 at 17:46
if this is true, and i'm sure it is then the optionm to not install a bootloader needs to be reinstated as the OP has suggested.

Darwin Survivor (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 29 Jun 12 at 22:40
I had not noticed that option had been removed!

Out of pure curiosity, what other boot loaders are people using these days?

Auzy wrote on the 30 Jun 12 at 01:27
I'm guessing possibly one for FreeBSD, or the hacked up copy of OSX.. But, I didn't think it had been removed either..

PaddyLandau wrote on the 1 Jul 12 at 16:26
I would like to add that the choice to install a bootloader be noted as "Recommended", and the choice to not install a bootloader be noted as "Advanced".

This is in case a newcomer to Linux chooses "Something else" (I myself used that option when installing Linux for the first time).

Darwin Survivor (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 8 Jun 13 at 20:54
@PaddyLandau that sounds like a very good idea. New users tend to get confused if they are given multiple options and one of them isn't clearly marked as the default/easier option.


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