[GRUB]No way to restore Startup Manager
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Bootloader Manager |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
One Hundred Papercuts |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
ubiquity |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
A lot of users, like me, have MS Win and Ubuntu installed on their PC's (Win to Game, Ubuntu to Live :D )
The problem, comes when we reinstall MS Win when it fails ( a lot of times). Doing this, deletes GRUB and replaces it with Windows Start Up menu.
So, no way to further access Ubuntu, without reinstalling it.
A "simple" solution could be add one more option in the Installer CD "Restore StartUp Manager" with few grub commands.
I Know, it's not really a papercut, because affects only users with dual-boot. BUT, we hope a lot of users to jump and install Ubuntu in this release to try it, but they will not erase thir Win installation, not now. The best way to give a better migration is to give tools to solve issues when living in both worlds (like Gub restore, share docs, auto check NTFS drives, etc.)
You are correct, this isn't exactly a papercut, but it is an easy fix (the fix is only 4 terminal commands) and could be quickly implemented