Comment 10 for bug 57379
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| Subharo Bhikkhu (subharo) wrote Re: [Bug 57379] Re: end users should not have to access BIOS whatsoever to install Ubuntu | #10 |
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Hello Henrik,
Glad to hear you're on the case, and there is momentum behind this issue.
I have another possibility for you to add to
https:/
"Smart Boot Manager"
http://
Summary: "Smart Boot Manager (SBM) is an OS independent and
full-featured boot manager with an easy-to-use user interface. SBM
now supports booting from CD-ROM."
It's GPL'ed too!
Perhaps SBM could be installable from the menu that pops up when you
insert the Ubuntu CD while in Windows. SBM could be installed to the
MBR allowing the default booting to CD (and optionally Windows, just
in case). After SBM is installed to the MBR, then ask the user to
simply reboot with the Ubuntu CD still in the drive. Then SBM could
be used (from the MBR) to chainload boot to their Ubuntu CD, **thereby
bypassing the need to change the BIOS settings**. The Ubuntu install
process would then overwrite SBM in the MBR as it installs grub.
Which is fine, as the purpose of installing Ubuntu is served.
Note: Future booting from CD (say, to use a rescue CD later on) could
still be made possible in this convenient fashion by the Ubuntu
install process making a grub menu entry to boot SBM not from the MBR,
but from the root filesystem of Ubuntu, much like memtest86 is done.
Here is info on how to do that:
"GRUB/Chainloaded CD-ROM"
http://
Cheers,
Dustin.
On 4/26/07, Henrik Nilsen Omma <email address hidden> wrote:
> Assigning this to myself. I've charted the main options and written a
> summary here: https:/
> this at UDS.
Cheers,
Dustin Harriman
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