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 * '''Contributors''': Fabianx
 * '''Packages affected''': 		 * '''Contributors''': Fabianx, ColinWatson
 * '''Packages affected''': ubuntu-express, grub-installer, yaboot-installer, os-prober, parted
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The last part of the Ubuntu Express Installer is the installation of the Bootloader. The ubuntu-installer has already a substantial volume of code to handle boot loader installation (including a number of sanity checks) which we should reuse. This is currently part of udeb maintainer scripts. Design an UbuntuExpress component to install the boot loader.
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== Use cases == The Ubuntu installer already has a substantial volume of code to handle boot loader installation (including a number of sanity checks) which we should reuse. This is currently part of udeb maintainer scripts.
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1. Install bootloader into MBR
2. Install bootloader into partition		 LILO will not be supported; on i386/amd64, we will only support GRUB.
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This specification considers only the boot loader installation component of UbuntuExpress. This is a required component of an installer and (in this case) will have no user interface, so no use cases are specified.
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== Implementation == We will modify several components of the installer to produce suitable ubuntu-express-* packages:
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=== Code ===

=== Data preservation and migration ===

== Outstanding issues ==

== BoF agenda and discussion ==

{{{
grub-installer needs minor changes to avoid requiring mapdevfs. These can probably go upstream. It needs to produce an ubuntu-express-grub deb.

yaboot-installer needs minor changes to avoid requiring archdetect or mapdevfs. These can probably go upstream. It needs to produce an ubuntu-express-yaboot deb.

os-prober needs to produce an ubuntu-express-os-prober deb.

parted needs to be modified to produce output in the style of /usr/lib/partconf/find-partitions --flag, for yaboot-installer. We hope that this can go upstream.

LILO will not be supported.
}}}		  * grub-installer needs minor changes to avoid failing if mapdevfs is not present. These can probably go upstream. It needs to produce an ubuntu-express-grub.deb.
 * yaboot-installer needs minor changes to avoid failing if archdetect or mapdevfs is not present. (For the first version, we can produce a simple archdetect shim that checks /proc/cpuinfo for New``World Power``Macs or PR``eP systems, which are all we care about for now.) At least the mapdevfs changes can go upstream. It needs to produce an ubuntu-express-yaboot.deb.
 * os-prober needs minor changes to avoid failing if mapdevfs is not present. These can probably go upstream. It needs to produce an ubuntu-express-os-prober.deb.
 * parted needs to be modified to optionally produce output in the style of `/usr/lib/partconf/find-partitions --flag`, for yaboot-installer. We hope that this can go upstream.

Summary

Design an UbuntuExpress component to install the boot loader.

Rationale

The Ubuntu installer already has a substantial volume of code to handle boot loader installation (including a number of sanity checks) which we should reuse. This is currently part of udeb maintainer scripts.

LILO will not be supported; on i386/amd64, we will only support GRUB.

Scope

This specification considers only the boot loader installation component of UbuntuExpress. This is a required component of an installer and (in this case) will have no user interface, so no use cases are specified.

Design

We will modify several components of the installer to produce suitable ubuntu-express-* packages:

  • grub-installer needs minor changes to avoid failing if mapdevfs is not present. These can probably go upstream. It needs to produce an ubuntu-express-grub.deb.

  • yaboot-installer needs minor changes to avoid failing if archdetect or mapdevfs is not present. (For the first version, we can produce a simple archdetect shim that checks /proc/cpuinfo for NewWorld PowerMacs or PReP systems, which are all we care about for now.) At least the mapdevfs changes can go upstream. It needs to produce an ubuntu-express-yaboot.deb.

  • os-prober needs minor changes to avoid failing if mapdevfs is not present. These can probably go upstream. It needs to produce an ubuntu-express-os-prober.deb.

  • parted needs to be modified to optionally produce output in the style of /usr/lib/partconf/find-partitions --flag, for yaboot-installer. We hope that this can go upstream.

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