Bug 75385

Summary: Suggested wording and functionality for installer
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Paul Gallagher <bharma1>
Component: installerAssignee: Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Paul Gallagher 2002-10-07 21:27:54 UTC 
Description of Problem:

I'd like to make a suggestion about some of the functionality of the 
installer:

There is a screen in which the user is asked whether they want to select 
GRUB (default) or LILO. In that screen, dual-booters might not see that 
there is an obvious choice of where to place the bootloader -- they've got 
to go to the "advanced" section. I think it's a mistake to hide this 
option, and calling it "advanced" might cause dual-booters to overlook the 
option, because many newbies who might be trying out the system would, of 
course, never think of themselves as advanced users.

I suggest a widget that clearly places the option of where to place the 
bootloader in the same screen as the selection of the bootloader itself. 
(In fact, it wouldn't be a bad idea to force the user to choose where to 
place the bootloader. At least, that way, they'd see it.)




Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Anaconda; GUI installation...


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Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2002-10-07 22:18:22 UTC 
No, the only case where you really need to change from installing the boot
loader to the MBR is if you're using a third-party boot manager.  Dual-boot
works just fine with grub on the mbr for all versions of Windows.