[Bug 813387] Re: Ubiquity allows to install GRUB into Windows partition (dangerous and useless option)

[Fred Palmer]

Is Ubiquity separate from grub2's installer?

This supposedly was fixed with 10.10 and grub 1.98.

Kansasnoob bug report:
http://art.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1475385

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/576724

http://www.mail-archive.com/lucid-changes@lists.ubuntu.com/msg11327.html
Only offer partitions containing /, /boot, or /boot/grub for
    grub-install; installing to other partitions may have harmful effects
    such as making Windows unbootable, and installing GRUB to every single
    partition is likely to result in confusion anyway (LP: #576724).

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Title:
  Ubiquity allows to install GRUB into Windows partition (dangerous and
  useless option)

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Bug confirmed on all Ubuntu versions until Natty.

  In the "manual partitionning" menu, Ubiquity allows to install GRUB inside any disk and any partition.
  If a beginner installs by mistake GRUB inside a Windows system partition, it has only bad consequences :
  1) GRUB won't work as it needs a chainloader
  2) If the user is been told to reinstall GRUB in the MBR: since NTFS partitions are case insensitive GRUB will not be able to detect Windows. ( http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bootinfoscript/index.php?title=Boot_Problems:Core_On_Windows )

  I suggest Ubiquity should only propose to install GRUB inside:
  - any disk
  - the partition of the new Ubuntu being installed (for chainloader users)

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