[Bug 444151] Re: Have to delete search line for system to boot

2009-10-31 Thread Matthew Sweney
I have this problem too, a fresh install of the official Koala release on a single drive on an ageing Asus A2500L laptop, no other operating systems. I do not know my way around Linux (or Unix) yet, which is why I am using Ubuntu. If someone could give me precise instructions on how to edit the

[Bug 444151] Re: Have to delete search line for system to boot

2009-10-31 Thread Felix Zielcke
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 403408 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/403408 Matthew see my comment here in the other report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/403408/comments/10 But the changes get lost as soon as grub-common gets upgraded. But that should be less

[Bug 444151] Re: Have to delete search line for system to boot

2009-10-28 Thread Steve McGrath
Yep. I've got this issue too. I've got a laptop with a single PATA drive, with a fresh install of the Karmic RC. No other operating systems are installed. The system will not boot unless I edit and delete the search line. This seems kind of serious, since as mentioned, this happens with a fresh

[Bug 444151] Re: Have to delete search line for system to boot

2009-10-24 Thread Emmanuel Pacaud
I have the same issue, on a DELL D610 laptop. What would be the correct way to work around this issue. grub.cfg says it should not be edited by hand, I have to modify the scripts in /etc/grub. But which one, and how ? -- Have to delete search line for system to boot

[Bug 444151] Re: Have to delete search line for system to boot

2009-10-19 Thread Steven McCoy
Same here when install 9.10 multi-boot with Windows XP. The installer created the following partitions: /dev/sda1 * 1 14236 114350638+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 14237 1945741937682+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 14237 1923740170501 83