[Bug 1065975] Re: Ubuntu install fails if grub installed to /boot

[Steve Langasek]

Ok, wishlist  bug in the installer then.

** Package changed: grub (Ubuntu) => grub-installer (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist

** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => New

** Summary changed:

- Ubuntu install fails if grub installed to /boot
+ Installing grub to MBR interferes with Windows 7 upgrades

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Title:
  Installing grub to MBR interferes with Windows 7 upgrades

Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Invalid
Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If you manually parition your hard drive on a dual boot computer in a
  manner such as

  /dev/sda1 - windows files(os)
  /dev/sda2 - windows
  /dev/sda3 - windows
  /dev/sda4 extended partition
  /dev/sda5 linux swap
  /dev/sda6 ext4 /boot
  /dev/sda6 ext4 /
  /dev/sda7 ext4 /home

  The you install ubuntu and choose to install grub to /boot rather than
  sda (MBR) the ubuntu install fails to find grub and boot after the
  installation completes.

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