[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-23 Thread Agostino Russo
I would like more confirmations that the patch in #90 actually works. Your feedback is appreciated. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-23 Thread CeesSluis
I replaced C:\wubildr with the file attached in #90 and that fixes the problem for me. Thanks. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-23 Thread Sergio Zanchetta
@Agostino In the link I provided before another user confirm that this patch fixes the issue. ** Tags added: verification-done ** Tags removed: verification-needed -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification

Re: [Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-23 Thread Jim Liebert
Wiped and reinstalled 9.10 before your patch became available. I did not use the LiveCD, but downloaded then current Wubi.exe and let it fetch all needed modules of 9.10. This installed Grub 1.97~B4, which appears to function without any glitch. Have kept your mail and patch against the

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-19 Thread Andy Fried
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Fix Committed -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-19 Thread Oliver Saier
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-18 Thread Sergio Zanchetta
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Triaged ** Description changed: Binary package hint: grub Installed ubuntu 9.10 using Wubi. Performed upgrades. After a grub update could not boot. Get screen: Try (hd0,0) : NTFS5: and then -

Re: [Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-18 Thread Xavier RAFFIN
Bug is in Launchpad : https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/477104 There i instruction to boot and to repair. I was having the same bug. If you need more help, ask me. 2009/12/18 Sergio Zanchetta prime...@ubuntu.com: ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)       Status: Confirmed =

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-18 Thread Sergio Zanchetta
@Agostino As you can see here https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+question/91579 this patch fixes the problem. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-17 Thread Agostino Russo
I have applied the grub patch proposed by phcoder (comment #77) and regenerated wubildr Please try to replace C:\wubildr with the file attached and report whether this fixes the problem ** Attachment added: wubildr http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36920146/wubildr -- After 9.10 grub update can

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-17 Thread Agostino Russo
Please make sure that when you boot the line insmod ntfs is commented out or disable it by pressing e at the grub boot menu and edit the entry before proceeding. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-17 Thread Lakshmanan
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Assignee: hyungt1024 (hyungt1024) = Lakshmanan (lak89) ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Assignee: Lakshmanan (lak89) = (unassigned) -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-14 Thread TimMadden
#22 - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/477104/comments/22 fixed it for me. But, that blew away a couple more hours... -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-14 Thread Jim Liebert
Re: Post #5: Mr. Russo; On my machine C:\wubildr and H:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr match exactly as to Byte size and MD5Sum, as do C:\wubildr.mbr and H:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.mbr, where Win 2K is installed on C:\ (or Disc 1-1) and Ubuntu 9.10 is(was) installed on H:\ (or Disc 2-1). Disc 1-1 is the

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-13 Thread Andy Fried
The problem magically rectified itself , the last time. I updated my system last night, after being unable to access it for a week. I noticed an upgrade for grub, and it broke it again. Now I can't boot again. This is doing ubuntu's reputation as a stable operating system, no good at all. I

Re: [Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-13 Thread Peter Brook
Andy and Jim, I had this problem on a computer at work a couple of weeks ago. I messed around with it for a few days, and then decided that I could not afford to spend weeks trying to make my computer boot properly. I reformatted the hard drive and installed Ubuntu as the only OS, and it's worked

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-13 Thread moronic
Amen, Peter Brook. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 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

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-12 Thread Narada2XK
I've been having this problem for months...MONTHS!! I either install the update (2.6.31-16), reboot and get the kernel panic issue or actually use the (2.6.31-16) update, install and configure my applications, get in a few reboots that actually took me back to my desktop until that unlucky time it

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-12 Thread meow81
what is upstream? where will be propagated the fix? how to patch with in an already installed wubi? -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-12 Thread meow81
It's the same bug of the kernel panic error ? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lupin/+bug/477169?comments=all -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

Re: [Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-12 Thread Felix Zielcke
Am Samstag, den 12.12.2009, 14:27 + schrieb meow81: It's the same bug of the kernel panic error ? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lupin/+bug/477169?comments=a ll It can't be. GRUB has nothing to do with the kernel being unable to mount it. At least if the root= linux parameter

Re: [Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-12 Thread Felix Zielcke
Am Samstag, den 12.12.2009, 14:03 + schrieb meow81: what is upstream? where will be propagated the fix? how to patch with in an already installed wubi? In the context of Vladimirb (phcoder) it means the GNU project, where GRUB is officially developed/maintained. I don't know the internals

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-12 Thread Relja
Hi, I described my symptoms (kernel panic etc) in #58 None of the proposed fixes worked for me (e.g. post #65, or I didn't execute everything properly, but I think I did). However, this worked like a charm: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8361928postcount=38 (replace /dev/sda1 with your

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-12 Thread Jim Liebert
Having reinstalled 9.10 once already, upgraded Grub twice, and sifted through all 82 foregoing posts, plus more linked struggling, I suddenly recognize I could be dealing with this Schweinerei for five more months. However engrossing a hobby Ubuntu might prove, I have remunerating work to finish.

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-11 Thread phcoder
It's a bug in ntfs.mod for which I committed the fix upstream yesterday. Use upstream or wait for Colin Watson to propagate the fix -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-10 Thread felixcorrales
Type the next script in order to find the Y: grubls (hdX,Y) where Y=1 in most of Wubi cases, hence ...root=/dev/sda1 -- grubls grubls (hdX,Y) #find ubuntu partition grubinsmod ntfs #load ntfs module grubset root=(hdX,Y) grubls $Boot #find BOOT

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-06 Thread hyungt1024
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = hyungt1024 (hyungt1024) -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-06 Thread sirajperson
Greetings all, I recently updated my system and was surprised to find that on reboot that grub could not load the kernel, offing a message: file not found. After exploring the grub shell for a bit I found that the mounted boot partition was loaded into the /boot directory. Thus in the beginning of

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-03 Thread Joe Fry
Same issue here with 9.10 x64 in Wubi. Mine seems to be an issue with the kernel though. When I enter: linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-15-generic root=/dev/sda3 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk I get a grub error reading file. However if I specify -14-generic instead, it works fine. I have

Re: [Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-03 Thread Xavier RAFFIN
OK Joe I have got the same issue. This is an issue with kernel patch 15 magic number try linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sda3 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk instead of linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-15-generic root=/dev/sda3 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk And don't forget to initrd

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-02 Thread efrost
Hello! Also have this problem and tried all the suggested solutions - nothing works. Though, I can boot from grub's shell manually. After this crash, I've completely reinstalled Ubuntu and now I have two images - the working one and the broken one. I am wondering, what if I just copy everything

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-02 Thread efrost
I think I've found a solution for me. Steps: 1. Completely remove grub, grub2, grub-pc and grub-common packages. 2. Delete all files in the /boot/grub directory 3. Delete packages cache, so they'll be downloaded once more (don't know whether it is necessray) 4. Install grub-pc and grub-common

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-02 Thread Mark Abene
You need to be following bug #477169 for the most up to date info on this problem, as well as a workaround solution. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-12-02 Thread Xavier RAFFIN
Same problem. The issue is that the new kernel has a bad magic number. So it is unloadable. But return to grub prompt instead of grub boot menu is very unpleasant. The following sequence save me: linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sda1 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk initrd

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-26 Thread Araxhiel
(Warning: English ISN'T my native lenguaje, so, please, be patient) I'm affected by this bug too, but, in my particular case it appears when, before I install the grub2-splashimages package, I *also* make a modification of the /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme in order to activate a splashimage, and

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-26 Thread Araxhiel
@800xlman: I used to have that problem in Jaunty (wubi) too. Its a problem of configuration in the boot.ini file (well, that WAS in my specific case, maybe it is the same situation for you). I solved via 'test error' or in other words, testing all the posible entrys on the boot.ini file. In the

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-26 Thread Sergio Zanchetta
** Package changed: grub (Ubuntu) = grub2 (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Critical -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-26 Thread 800xlman
Forgive me I am new to ubuntu 9.10 this is my problem. I did my updates and the computer got stuck at sh:grub prompt now I typed this in sh:grubinsmod ntfs sh:grubset root=(hd0,1) sh:grubloopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk sh:grubset root=(loop0) sh:grublinux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-24 Thread ncmncm
Hello all, Experiencing the same problems as above. Have - single hardisk (2 paritions) with WinXP and Ubuntu(on C:\) - Ubuntu 9.10 Kernel 2.6.31.14 was installed first and grub worked fine - Update generated new version 2.6.31-15 - restarted system and falls into grub shell. Followed the

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-24 Thread Mark Abene
As was already commented on, go to bug report 477169, and read #69 and #70. Complete workaround solution to the problem. If it doesn't work, go read it again. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-23 Thread jdjennings
Kudos to Mark Abene. Mark, using this trick I was finally able to boot my wubi install. Thanks!!! See my post in bug https://bugs.lauchpad.net/wubi/+bug/477169 #69. I typed all the commands from the grub prompt, now I'll modify the appropriate files to make this automatic. -- After 9.10 grub

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-23 Thread maihacke
Following situation here: Karmic Installation with wubi Kernel is 2.6.31-14 (no other installed) After booting grub says error: file not found grub.cfg looked like garbage Booted Ubuntu from Live-CD Grup.cfg looks fine here. I tried to rewrite it anyway by doing the following steps: - Mounted

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-21 Thread Jimmy High
Getting 'ALERT! /dev/hda2 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!' after trying some of the workarounds mentioned in this thread. It seems that some people have managed to go over this or over the whole mess... any suggestion on what I should try at this stage? (grub.cfg also shows some grabage

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-19 Thread Gergely Imreh
I got the same error with the latest kernel update:from 2.6.31-14 to 2.6.31-15 When booting it ended up in the minimal grub shell. HOWEVER, I could recover to a certain extent: Noticed that there was already a (loop0) device listed, thus the grub could create the loop device from the root.disk

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-19 Thread Mark Abene
It isn't the kernel update that broke anything, it's grub2 losing the ability to see the new kernel file. In all my tests (I've been able to reproduce every single error everyone has gotten), grub2 was always the root cause. As a test, I created a complete duplicate of my Wubi install as ext3

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-18 Thread Relja
In brief - same behaviour as #44. Installed kubuntu 9.10 with wubi, was running fine this morning. Then I updated it and since then it won't boot up giving the Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on uknown-block (8,2) message I tried manually booting like in #1 (tried all

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-18 Thread mohdyusuf
Ok, it's definitely messed up. I tried the update without the grub update, it seems that some stuff in the update list caused the kernel not to find the hard disk. I am now seeing the error like in #37 Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS:unable to mount root fs on unknown block even though i can

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-17 Thread elvito
@ Comment #52 and #53 try for hd0,1 sda1 or for hd1,3 sdb3 and so on. Please remember this thread isn't for support! Next time you should use google for answering questions like that. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-17 Thread Luiz Corte Real
I have the same problem as described in comments #44 and #37, and I'm quite sure I'm typing the correct parameters for root and loop. I get a kernel panic after manually booting following the instructions above. What to do in this case? OBS: My Ubuntu is 64-bit -- After 9.10 grub update can not

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-16 Thread Diskpol
I have the same problem that mohdyusuf (comment #52). When I try to recreate the grub, the system says that there are no 'mount point in /dev/ /mnt/dev' where I write 'sudo mount --bind /dev/ /mnt/dev'. And alsoi, I'm unable to load ubuntu with the suggestion of comment #1 or #17. I have the

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-16 Thread Djay86
Same problem here, since nothing worked i've had to reinstall Wubi i'm really pissed this bug should be listed as high. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-16 Thread robau
** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-15 Thread Russell McOrmond
My Bug #482195 was marked as a duplicate of this one, but I'm not sure if it is. It is a specific edge case when using the AMD64 version of Ubuntu and specifying installation size to 30G. If I use 32bit Ubuntu or if I specify 29G installation size and below then everything went fine. -- After

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-15 Thread mohdyusuf
This bug affected me too. However, none of the workaround to manually boot the system failed for the fact that no hard disks were listed under /dev/ I have no idea why. when i do sh:grub ls i get something like (loop0) (hd 0) (hd 0,1) (hd 0,2) (hd 1) (hd 1,1) (hd 0,2) but there is no

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-14 Thread Michel Oudt
Same problem here, running 9.10 wubi from the c:\drive on win7. In order to get going again, i tried basically all tips in this thread, with no luck. As a last resort i renamed my c:\ubuntu folder to ubuntu.old, and installed a new wubi instance. Then after restarting, esc out of grub to the

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-13 Thread Mark Abene
Fresh Ubuntu 9.10 wubi install here. And here's the deal: After updating and regenerating /boot/grub/grub.cfg (which is the same as original), a fresh boot drops me to the grub prompt. Grub2 is unable to read any text files at all now, which is the obvious reason for being dumped to the grub

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-13 Thread Mark Abene
A few more observations: I mentioned that running grub-install modifies c:\wubildr and deposits a tons of files into /boot/grub on the linux side. The files are being copied from /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc. I have no idea why they're being copied, as a stock install does not locate these files in

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-13 Thread Mark Abene
Adding bug #477169 as a duplicate, because it is. That's exactly what happened to my first install if initrd is updated. If the kernel is updated, it's invalid magic number. In fact it looks like any file which is updated from the original stock install reads as garbage from within grub2. For

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-12 Thread HeNz
After the newest update (yesterday), i can't even boot ubuntu manually using steps i stated before. it hangs half way through booting, Some of what is written on the screen: RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0 No file system could mount root, tried: ext3 ext2 ext4 fuseblk

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-12 Thread Andy Fried
In desperation I ran 'update-grub', tried to reboot and failed. I ran 'upgrade-grub2' to put everything back as before, and ran a single update to my 'gCDEmu' virtual CD system, before rebooting. It all works fine for me, now!?! -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-12 Thread Peter
Have the same error, Karmic, x86_64 (grub prompt, grub fails to execute grub.cfg). Here are a few (possibly new) symptoms: * grub.cfg looks fine when editing using vim after booting the system using grub shell commands * however: when using cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg from the grub shell, it shows

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-12 Thread robau
Hi Agostino, I also get a load of 0's when catting the loop0/boot/grub/grub.cnf before setting the loopback... I also tried to figure out what is going wrong, it seems not to be related to grub, but rahter to what happens before/how grub is loaded... Here is why I think this: I moved my broken

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-12 Thread Agostino Russo
Yes that seems to be the case, but I cannot reproduce this bug, and there isn't anything obvious in the code. So it's a matter of narrowing it down a bit. If you follow the instructions in #39 it might help. Hopefully this is reproducible on your side. If it is an update-grub problem, it might

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-12 Thread Andy Fried
Hi Agostino, Thanks for the help, it was sda2. I've now booted and opened grub.cfg, its perfectly readable, see below... # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-12 Thread robau
I have 2 update-grub commands, update-grub and update-grub2 After running the first: # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-11 Thread Andy Fried
After typing: linux /boot/vml... root=/dev/sda1 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro initrd /boot/init... boot and getting: ALERT! /hosts/ubuntu/disks/root.disk does not exist. Dropping into a shell! I can't find root.disk or even 'Ubuntu' folder. 'Hosts' folder exists, but there's no 'Ubuntu'

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-11 Thread michaeldcahill
I have exactly the same problem. After the grub update, i restarted the next day (today) and am suck in the same place starting at sh:grub Did what you said Augostino. Here's what I got: ls delivered: (loop0) (hd 0) (hd 0,5) (hd 0,3) (hd 0,2) (hd 0,1) root delivered: Filesystem is ext2 then

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-11 Thread michaeldcahill
Whoops, sorry for the sp on your name Agostino. I typed it from someone else's sp error. Thanks in advance for any help. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-11 Thread Agostino Russo
If you have ALERT! /hosts/ubuntu/disks/root.disk does not exist. it is because when you run the command linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sda1 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash you need to replace /dev/sda1 with the appropriate partition, /dev/sda1 means that wubi is to

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-10 Thread Andy Fried
A fresh install of Wubi 9.10, also failed to reboot after the initial configuration boot. results of above commands are: ls (loop0) (hd0) (hd0,2) (hd0,1) (hd1) (hd1,1) (fd0) root (loop0): Filesystem is ext2. cat (loop0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg (pages of garbage, eg. cbce8aaF[Ta4bbRc3)

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-10 Thread Agostino Russo
So it seems that (loop0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg is corrupted, can the others confirm? You can also check the file if you boot manually as explained above and then open /boot/grub/grub.cfg -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-10 Thread HeNz
ls: (loop0) (hd0) (hd0,5) (hd0,1) root: Filesystem is ext2. --- why its not ext4? cat (loop0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg: Fullscreen of 0 --- Inverted colors, background white, text black configfile

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-10 Thread Andy Fried
Tried to boot manually using: linux /boot/vml... root=/dev/sda1 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro initrd /boot/init... boot got: ALERT! /hosts/ubuntu/disks/root.disk does not exist. Dropping into a shell! the path exists in windows, but there is no ubuntu in hosts in BusyBox, although hosts

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-10 Thread McKraught
Augostino, I also got the errors: sh:grubconfigfile (loop0) /boot/grub/grub.cfg error: unknown command a...@??!?$'Ao?T%' error: unknown command D?1% error: unknown command e?h??l9...@?? @ looked like a smiley face :) % looked like clubs ie deck of cards -- After 9.10 grub update can not

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-10 Thread McKraught
Andy, I've had: ALERT! /hosts/ubuntu/disks/root.disk does not exist. Dropping into a shell! but I had syntax wrong. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-09 Thread robau
Agostino, I took the grub.cnf entry from a clean wubi 9.10 install, so that's why the insmod is there :) -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-09 Thread Thorsten vS
Thanks for everybody's posts to this issue -- they solved the problem for me. Here's a brief account: I installed 9.10 AMD64 under Windows XP MCE using wubi, and got stranded at the grub2 prompt during the first reboot. As described by others, I entered only: linux /boot/vml... root=/dev/sda1

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-09 Thread robau
The sudo update-grub2 broke my system :o I earlier replaced the grub.cfg in /boot/grub, but the update-grub2 replaced that one by a new one? -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-09 Thread Agostino Russo
McKraught what is the output of cat (loop0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-09 Thread McKraught
Augostino, here it is: # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ]; then have_grubenv=true load_env fi set

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-09 Thread Agostino Russo
McKraught, that looks fine, can't you boot with that config.cfg? I.e. can you do configfile (loop0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg then select the first option? -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-09 Thread Agostino Russo
Please note, I only need reports for people who have the problem, if somehow you fixed the issue, please do not reply or you will be make debugging more complex. If it does NOT work for you, please post the output of the following grub commands: ls root cat (loop0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg configfile

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-08 Thread HeNz
** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = New -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-08 Thread Agostino Russo
Hmm, comment #11 shows that loop0 is already mounted, which means that the steps in #19 up to `set root-(loop0)` are not needed. What happens if you type `root` in the grub terminal (without entering any other command)? I am particularly interested in why you are using `insmod ntfs`, since ntfs

Re: [Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-08 Thread dknollman
This works if you add the boot command. After the system booted, I ran update-grub2 in terminal. This fixed the boot problem. thanks On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 2:14 PM, robau r...@audenaerde.org wrote: ok so I found out how to restart by hand: insmod ntfs set root=(hd0,1) loopback loop0

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-08 Thread McKraught
I ran update-grub2 after system boot in terminal as root and this did not fix my problem. Agostino Russo when I keyed root at the prompt I got: (loop0): File system is ext2 As far as why I used `insmod ntfs` I have no reason for using. (is my face red?) what I used is: sh:grubset root=(loop0)

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread McKraught
I installed 9.10 using wubi on xp I also updated grub with update manager. I have to manual boot with: sh:grubinsmod ntfs sh:grubset root=(hd0,1) sh:grubloopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk sh:grubset root=(loop0) sh:grublinux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sda1

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread Fernando
Same here... I guess that when the upgrader asked whether we wanted to overwrite the current grub2 configuration file or not we should have said YES instead of KEEP CURRENT VERSION (or something like that). I'm running grub in a second stage after rEFIt (this is an Intel MAC), and my situation is

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread robau
Same problem here. After a clean shutdown, I treid to reboot this morning, getting the same problem.. (Also, when booting to Windows, windows was running a chkdsk.. so maybe something else went wrong too.. :S) -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread Fernando
This is how I fixed it: 1) Boot from a Live CD 2) Reinstall grub as explained here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2#Recover%20Grub%202%20via%20LiveCD Just in case the link above stops working, this is what I did: # sudo mount /dev/sda4 /mnt (/dev/sda4 is where my linux data partition

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Try to replace C:\wubildr and C:\wubildr.mbr with the respective files in C:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr* Please let me know if that works -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Also please post the grub configuration file that does not work -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread robau
This does not help :( Also the fix suggested by Fernando does not work, as I use a root.disk file and no direct partition. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

Re: [Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread dknollman
Replaced the files. No change. Still get the sh:grub prompt. Dieter On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Agostino Russo agostino.ru...@gmail.comwrote: Try to replace C:\wubildr and C:\wubildr.mbr with the respective files in C:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr* Please let me know if that works -- After

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread Agostino Russo
Do you get any file printout with? cat (loop0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread Agostino Russo
What is the grub.cfg inside of root.disk? root.disk /boot/grub/grub.cfg What is the output in the grub console of? ls ls (loop0) -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

Re: [Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread dknollman
From the sh:grub ls (loop0) I get Device loop0: Filesystem type ext2, Last modification time 2009-11-06 00:53:47 Friday, UUID bd548a62-c679-41f3-8c33-1854ff6ae498 Dieter On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Agostino Russo agostino.ru...@gmail.comwrote: What is the grub.cfg inside of root.disk?

Re: [Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread dknollman
I get a screen full of 00 ... On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Agostino Russo agostino.ru...@gmail.comwrote: Do you get any file printout with? cat (loop0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477104 You received this

Re: [Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread dknollman
Same here On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:31 AM, robau r...@audenaerde.org wrote: This does not help :( Also the fix suggested by Fernando does not work, as I use a root.disk file and no direct partition. -- After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

[Bug 477104] Re: After 9.10 grub update can not boot into Wubi install

2009-11-07 Thread Giacomo
i try to istall ubuntu 9.10 on my acer aspire with windows xp sp3 with wuby i selected an empty parition on my hd and i continued the installation.. but when i restart the pc to complete the istallation and i selected ubuntu it has appeared Try (hd0,0) : NTFS5: and then

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