[Bug 393432] Re: karmic alpha: text mode installer uses LILO instead of Grub 2

[Michael Kofler]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: grub2
  
- I just installed the latest karmic daily build (as of Jun 29th) using
+ I just installed the latest karmic daily build (as of June 29th) using
  the alternate installer (text mode), 64 bit
  
  setup: 
  - one drive 8 GByte (Virtual Box)
  - on partition /dev/sda1 filling the whole disk = PV for LVM
  - two LVs 
    + root for / (ext4) 
    + swap
  
- I expected to get Grub2; instead, I got LILO (perhaps because I didn't
- set up a LVM free boot partition)
+ I expected to get Grub2; instead, I got LILO (perhaps, because I choose
+ not to setup a separate boot partition, which is no longer necessary in
+ grub2)
  
- GRUB 2 should work from /boot within LVM
+ a manual installation of grub2 worked fine:
+ 
+ apt-get install grub2
+ update-grub2
+ grub-install /dev/sda
+ reboot

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karmic alpha: text mode installer uses LILO instead of Grub 2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393432
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