*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 549756 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549756
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 549756
[Regression] Installing to USB drive, proposes MBR to be written to internal
disk
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[karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414996
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Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV: Invalid
Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
Bug description:
I attempted to install mythbuntu karmic/9.10 alpha 4 to a USB drive. Using a
laptop with an IDE drive containing Windows XP, I booted from the ISO image
CD-ROM and went through the installation, selecting manual partitioning, and
creating a single EXT4 root filesystem on a USB drive. The installation
proceeded through the complete install to the USB key until instructed to
reboot.
I re-booted the laptop with the USB key inserted, and was presented with the
message "No bootable partition in table". Then, removing the USB key and
booting from the laptop IDE drive (which should not have been touched by the
mythbuntu install) I get the message "GRUB loading. Welcome to GRUB! Entering
rescue mode... error: no such disk" followed by the "grub rescue>" prompt.
I examined the laptop hard drive with a partition editor, and the Windows
partition is still intact.... but it looks like the boot sector has been
re-written mistakenly.
Now I have two problems.....
1) how do I get Windows on my laptop to boot again.... I need my work data!
2) how do I make my mythbuntu USB front-end install bootable?
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