grub2 install to partition release notes suggestion

[Chris Murphy]

On Jan 3, 2013, at 8:29 PM, Pete Travis <me at petetravis.com> wrote:

> How do you feel about a cheerful direction to either put it on the MBR, or do it yourself? Would that be sufficient, given the level of detail in the Installation Guide?
> 
> 
I'm confused, the installation guide already does that.  The red Warning at the bottom of this page:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/Installation_Guide/s1-diskpartsetup-x86.html#s1-x86-bootloader

"If you choose not to install GRUB for any reason, you will not be able to boot the system directly, and you must use another boot method (such as a commercial boot loader application). Use this option only if you are sure you have another way of booting the system!"

I have no stake in this, I don't need to install GRUB to a partition. But based on testers, bug reporters, and users of previous versions of Fedora and other linux distros, a significant minority are used to being able to install GRUB to a partition. And this last line, "only if you are sure" in my opinion will lead to a negative reaction: "well what the hell, I definitely do NOT have another way of booting the system, and I don't want to nuke my current boot loader! Now what am I supposed to do?"

I'm suggesting giving them an explicit set of instructions for "do it yourself" rather than leave them hanging.


Chris Murphy