selecting GRUB (Classic) during opensuse 12.3 install

multi-boot machine (Linux only OS in LVM volumes) that currently use a common grub boot menu.

Knowing that I will later in the year need to install 12.3 to this machine, I did a Vbox install to see how difficult it would be and see if there were any unforeseen pitfalls, new unexpected changes in the installer, etc.

Everything went as expected with this minimal KDE install except grub. I when thru the Software selection process and de-selected all the grub2 entries to install grub only (looks like both are installed by default), but during the creation there was an error in a plymouth package and although grub was installed the OS wouldn't boot.

Used the dvd again to install grub2 packages, booted sucessfully, used yast2 to change the bootloader from grub2 to grub, rebooted and everything was okay, but this most likely will make things difficult on the real install.

I might have tried to just do a grub-install setup on the dead VM and probably would have a solution, but it would be much simpler if the installer could be instructed to set up grub in the absence of grub2.

Was the option there and I missed it?

Thanks in advance.