[Mageia-dev] Alpha 2 fresh install dvd i586

Thu Mar 17 00:16:53 CET 2011

On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:03:42 +0100, Maarten Vanraes <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com> wrote:
+
+> Op woensdag 16 maart 2011 23:30:59 schreef André Salaün:
+> > On a old computer (Athlon 64, printer epson c82, scanner epson 1650
+> > photo, usb wireless keyboard and mouse, ethernet network)
+> > 
+> > Installation stage (choice kde) :
+> > All good but :
+> > 
+> > -Boot loader : no choice, I had to volontary select "configure" in the
+> > last summary page . I hope final release will give the choice between
+> > MBR and partition.
+> 
+> i'm not sure this is a bug, i didn't ever needed a to choose partition.
+> 
+> can i ask why you would want to have the bootloader in a partition? i mean, 
+> how are you going to boot into it, if it's not on MBR?
+> 
+
+To install on a disk shared with windows, for example. I did that on my
+laptop and also missed the option, but also found it in summary page
+(grub is in sda3, Win7 BCD on /dev/sda, added linux grub with EasyBCD).
+
+If this option is not clearly visible, you can easily wipe windows boot
+menu and many users will be disappointed.
+
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+                                         \         It's better when it's free
+