[Bug 411728] Re: karmic a3: softwares made unusable by grub2, apparmor
Thank You Mr. Watson. My experience with the Grub bootloader is that the boot hook can be installed into the boot sector (first sector, may be more correct) of a partition, rather than the mbr of drive 0 (zero). If using a master bootloader, it must be allowed to take control from there, and from there with Bootit NG I can chain-load GRUB so as to have two or more co-existing GRUBs. When I installed Karmic I chose to install GRUB to the first sector of the boot partition, so that Bootit NG was the 'master bootloader'. I could be mistaken, but I believe what happened was that a subsequent update then installed GRUB's boot hook into the main MBR of every drive on my system. If that's what happened, I completely understand the risks in alpha and beta testing, and in fact was able to recover without much problem. If I am confused, I apologize. I also did take note of the warning regarding dual-booting with the GRUB2 testing. Regards, Robert Allred -- karmic a3: softwares made unusable by grub2, apparmor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411728 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 270943] Re: drive adapter seen on Live CD partitioner not seen at boot-time - cannot boot after installing
Rec'd an email asking this question (#7) some time ago, and responded. I no longer use the controller so it is no longer an issue. I ran across correspondence from an archive on the web somewhere a few months ago, in which Mr. Pope was involved, which I understood to be an attempt by him to resolve this. Perhaps I was mistaken. Wondering though why my response was not logged here. Obviously, some of my observations above were incorrect, as I was very new to Ubuntu and Linux. However, I believe the problem reported was accurate, and continue to suggest that Ubiquity's partitioner see drive configuration in the same way that the installed Ubuntu will. I run Ubuntu Desktop on three computers, and love it. I regret my inability to help more than I do. Thanks. -- drive adapter seen on Live CD partitioner not seen at boot-time - cannot boot after installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270943 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 411728] Re: karmic a3: softwares made unusable by grub2, apparmor
** Attachment added: ubuntu_910_a3_problem.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30138957/ubuntu_910_a3_problem.txt -- karmic a3: softwares made unusable by grub2, apparmor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411728 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 411728] [NEW] karmic a3: softwares made unusable by grub2, apparmor
Public bug reported: I use two proprietary softwares which have treated me very reliably and invaluably for years. They are both by the same shareware author. One is Bootit NG, boot manager, partition manager, etc. The other is Image for Linux 2. Grub2 in overwriting the main MBR overwrote Bootit NG which resides there and is a boot-loader, also responsible for partition-swapping. I installed alpha 2 to the mbr on the /boot partition, and feel it should have not been changed as it was. Other bootloaders and mbr utilities must be affected. However, grub2 is very good. Image for Linux runs inside a Linux distribution as in my case Ubuntu, for imaging partitions in case of a need to restore. I have discovered today that it seems not to be allowed to execute the executable 'imagel'. Upon running in terminal it is immediately killed. Logs from the syslog and auth.log pertaining to this are attached. I am not sure what they mean, I see a reference to apparmor. Possibly mis- understanding something in IFL. The author of these softwares has been notified with the same info. Thanks ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apparmor bootit grub2 ifl image ng -- karmic a3: softwares made unusable by grub2, apparmor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411728 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 270943] Re: drive adapter seen on Live CD partitioner not seen at boot-time - cannot boot after installing
Please, why is this still incomplete? In past week or two I've found numerous bug reports which are this bug. Present for months if not years. Today's update this morning successfully removed my 'last-good-boot' directory. I do not know what the difference was there. I still have the kernel and initrd img I was booting, the menu option is still there, the directory /boot/last-good-boot/* is gone. I have no way to boot now. I have tried every boot option I've been able to locate and none work for me. -- drive adapter seen on Live CD partitioner not seen at boot-time - cannot boot after installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270943 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 270943] Re: drive adapter seen on Live CD partitioner not seen at boot-time - cannot boot after installing
I cloned the root partition to the third drive, a 500g drive, from the 2nd drive, and was able to boot it fine. I'm lost, so I hope this helps. This booted the most recent kernel, and all seems well there. Thanks. -- drive adapter seen on Live CD partitioner not seen at boot-time - cannot boot after installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270943 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 270943] Re: drive adapter seen on Live CD partitioner not seen at boot-time - cannot boot after installing
While I cannot figure this out, the more I study, I see: grub sees partition / at BusyBox it has disappeared. when trying to load newer kernel the wrong partition is mounted for root, in this case it is NTFS. Due to /dev/sdb bcoming /dev/sdd, instead. I suspect it was booting ok before a kernel upgrade. This is why I am stuck at last-good-boot. I was mistaken, all drives seem to be there, but the partition has been removed. All other partitions are present. If you know what the problem is I'd appreciate knowing. Perhaps it is due to some error of mine. It also seems to me that SATAII 3G drives are running on USB emulation. Far too many USB storage devices - I have one at times, not several. -- drive adapter seen on Live CD partitioner not seen at boot-time - cannot boot after installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270943 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 270943] Re: drive adapter seen on Live CD partitioner not seen at boot-time - cannot boot after installing
I have confirmed that the drives on that controller and the uuids do not appear at the busybox prompt, even when booting without bootit ng. The root in menu.lst also is (hd3,1) (in grub) which is incorrect, it must be manually set to (hd1,1) to boot. -- drive adapter seen on Live CD partitioner not seen at boot-time - cannot boot after installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270943 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 270943] Re: drive adapter seen on Live CD partitioner not seen at boot-time - cannot boot after installing
Sir, I want to be certain you received these, I mailed them this morning from the Live CD environment, where Evolution said it was sent, but at the same time when I tried to exit, said I had unsent mail. I also want to clarify something as I looked at a couple of them, and am not certain it is not relevant. I use a partition manager and boot manager called Bootit NG. Neither the motherboard BIOS nor Bootit NG sees the drives on this controller. However, Bootit NG does 'hide' partitions and it is possible (I think, I am not certain) that it is what is hiding them from the boot process now. I do not believe it hides something it cannot see itself, but am not certain. I hope that does clarify for you, and that you have not nor will be caused unnecessary work. It did not occur to me that it might be relevant until this morning. I am using grub also. In any case, I think that somehow the 'last-good-boot' knows to load some sort of driver, of which the regular boot configuration is not aware. I will further try to resolve it. Yours, Bob Allred On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 22:34 +, Alan Pope wrote: Thank you for filing a bug against Ubuntu. Could you please provide the following detail to help us identify the issue:- Booting from a live cd, please open a terminal (Applications - Accessories - Terminal) and run:- sudo fdisk -l ~/fdisk.txt dmesg dmesg.txt sudo lshw lshw.txt Then (in the live environment) come back to this bug report and attach those three files. ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New = Incomplete ** Attachment added: dmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17713245/dmesg.txt ** Attachment added: fdisk.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17713246/fdisk.txt ** Attachment added: lshw.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/17713247/lshw.txt -- drive adapter seen on Live CD partitioner not seen at boot-time - cannot boot after installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270943 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 270943] [NEW] drive adapter seen on Live CD partitioner not seen at boot-time - cannot boot after installing
Public bug reported: I am pretty new to this and doing what I can. This seemed to me to affect at least Hardy Intrepid (all I've installed) Live CD's Quite a bit of trouble and confusion caused, I believe, by a hard drive adapter being seen during installation from downloaded Live CD's, then not seen during the regular boot process. Partitions are seen and created by the Live partitioner on the drives, which sees in my case, the drives as the first two. Thus, I have installed and there exists an installation of Ubuntu Intrepid which cannot be booted as far as I know. The file systems are ext3. I do not know what Ubquity is, however, it crashed when the installer *should* have said You may continue the live cd but no changes will be made. This happened more than once, and I tried the Hardy cd as well as three releases of the Intrepid, alpha 4. My existing Intrepid requires 'last-good-boot' each time to boot. All boot options point to the same UUID. I wind up when booting from other options at a BusyBox or Initramfs prompt, where I have looked a lot, but have no idea what to do or how to save what I see. I do see that the UUID's are NOT listed for those drives in /dev/disk/by-uuid/ while others are listed. Also, it should be /dev/sdb2 as root, and that and others are shown under /dev/sd* but I am then told upon attempt to mount that they do not exist. The partitions are seen after a boot using last-good-boot, as well as in Windows Vista, which calls it 'SoftRaid5' and I know it requires Java. I am NOT using the RAID function, only controller. I can try to give any needed info if I know what and how. My 'quick fix' would simply be to not show these under the installation. It must require a driver or Java... not provided at this stage of boot, but yes during install. Bad combo. I would like to know how to be able to boot without going through several manual steps, if possible. Thanks for your work ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- drive adapter seen on Live CD partitioner not seen at boot-time - cannot boot after installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/270943 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
