[Expired for grub2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
days.]
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Expired
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Setting to Incomplete based off of Colin's last comment and request for
more information.
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Incomplete
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* Save the output of 'fdisk -lu' to a file. In this output, take note of the
start sector of the first partition (usually 63, but might also be 2048 on
recent installations, or occasionally something else). If this is
I just got this on my hp EliteBook 8530w:
The symbol `strtab´ not found.
Aborted. Press any key to exit
I've had this computer for ten months now without this problem. Ubuntu
10.04 has been installed next to Windows 7 for almost two months now.
Before that, I used Ubuntu 9.10.
Reinstalling grub
I've got a similar problem on my hands on a Dell Studio XPS 1645 laptop
with windows 7 and karmic 9.10 dual booted. Yesterday in windows I
opened up Dell Datasafe Local Backup out of curiosity. Later that day my
system crashed while watching a flash video in fullscreen. When trying
to reboot the
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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Dell Inspiron, Windows 7, Karmic install, Dell Datasafe, same problem:
Every Windows boot breaks grub, that is even windows can only boot once!
(but can be fixed with a rescue disc, again, and again, and again...)
Error looks like Grub loading. The symbol ' ' not found.
I removed Dell DataSafe
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496435 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435
@Imonsterzero:
I'm going to uninstall Dell DataSafe the very next time I boot Windows. If
anyone uninstalls it and continues to get this error PLEASE let us know.
Thanks!
you will get this error once
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496435 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435
Duplicate of bug #496435
and @all:
I think this bug is not a duplicate of bug #496435. The error message is
the same, but here in this bug bug #482757 we all have dell pc and a
windows partition and a Dell
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 496435
upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR
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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496435 ***
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Same thing happened to my Dell Studio 17 a couple of months ago. I
fixed Grub 2 with
sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
sudo chroot /mnt
grub-install
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496435 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435
I had the same issue happen to me today. Using a new Inspiron 1545,
dualing with Windows 7 and Kubuntu 9.10.
The culprit is clearly the Dell DataSafe Local Backup. It only occurred
after it requested to be
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496435 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435
I think the same as oledoe... I removed Dell DataSafe Local Backup and
this problem´s gone since then...
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I, too, am of the opinion that this is not a duplicate bug.
This one clearly is caused by Dell DataSafe Local Backup (DDSLB). It happened
to me the moment I rebooted after a DDSLB update (in Win 7). I had to
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496435 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435
The problem is the Dell Datasafe Local Backup application. After I
started it yestarday the first time and later rebooted my system (dell
studio 1747) grub loader was broken with the message the symbol
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496435 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435
Hmmm, I am not using windows anymore, since the last grub destruction.
Please, tell us if your solution solves this bug definitively.
2010/3/29 fgr f.grit...@synedra.com
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496435 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435
This bug (aside from speculative issues of Windows overwriting the MBR,
which are outside our control) was probably caused by the problem
described in bug 496435, which is now fixed in Lucid.
** This bug has
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496435 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435
I am not sure think this bug should be marked as a duplicate.
The symptoms are entirely different. I was lead to this bug because of the
following key symptom
The symbol ' ' not found.
Aborted. Press any
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 496435 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435
I think the same as rmilson. This bug appeared to me when I installed
Ubuntu 9.10, booted from Windows 7 and then rebooted on Linux. No grub-
pc upgrading was performed. I don´t think it should be marked as a
I have a similar problem with a Dell XPS desktop, but it seems to happen
only when I copy files from an external hard disk to windows 7. When
this happens I have to reinstall grub using the live CD. However, it
works only if I use method 3 from the link:
I can not say yet...but I have used only windows 7, 3 times, and the grub
still working.
perhaps I should try the [save] option which someone has told...
2010/1/11 Pablo piara...@hotmail.com
Does removing DataSafe finally worked for you?
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Same problem with DELL XPS Studio 16, with Windows 7 Home Premium 64
bit.
the symbol '???L?' not found
Aborted. Press any key to exit
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Anthony, tnx your suggestion. I will try that, after my n-th grub2 reinstall.
This is really bad. Well, hope things get fixed after that.
I did remove the Datasafe Local Backup and cleaned up eveything with cclean.
Tried to reboot, then I got again the msg: grub error the simbol '' not found.
As @Chris_Z stated: The problem appears to be after Windows updates and
Windows does some blind-writing to where the mbr exists. I am
suspecting it has something to do with creating restore points, and I'm
wondering if there is any possible workaround. I suppose I could try
disabling Restore
I may have solved my problems on this Dell One 19. I removed:
Dell DataSafe Local Backup
Dell DataSafe Local Backup - Support Software
From Windows and I will be sure to notify if this reoccurs.
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same problem with my Dell 11z mini.
Ubuntu Karmic: uname -a = Linux gremlin 2.6.31-16-generic #53-Ubuntu
SMP Tue Dec 8 04:02:15 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Windows 7 home premium 64-bit
every reboot into windows something corrupts grub and leaves me to
reboot off of my usb-drive and re-install
@Christiano #2
@jp #7
@Guigous #10
You may well encountered bug 441941.
In nutshell, GRUB 2 needs more space after MBR than Grub Legacy.
Some Windows installations, netbooks in particular, have some kind of factory
installed Recovery Solution. Its purpose is to recover/repair Windows using
tnx, but that´s not my case, I DO NOT have any recovery solution, but
I DO BELIEVE
there's something in windows 7 which modifies the grub configuration.
Anyway, after
a regular update on kubuntu grub-update, I did not have this
problem til right now.
but I feel there's something weird, because
Hi, I have the same bug with Dell XPS TM M1530 laptop (dual boot Vista/Ubuntu).
Any idea ?
Thanks,
Guigouz
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Folks,
I had the same problem but was able to apply this fix from another site:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows
It is a little generic but worked for me.
raja gopalan
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More detail on the help above:
1. Boot with LiveCD
2. Open terminal
3. sudo fdisk -l (boot partition may be the one with the asterisk)
4. sudo mkdir /media/root
5. sudo mount /dev/sdaX /media/root, where X is your mount partition (often
the one with an asterisk in step 3 above). Otherwise,
Hello,
I have the same system, the same problem. Win7 and Ubuntu 9.10.
Dell Inspiron 545
Thanks.JP
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Hello,
there is a new bios version available today. Going to watch what will happen.
JP
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Hi. I´ve done new update's in kubuntu (apt-get update with software
manager) and after the grub update, this time I did manually
grub-update (or something like that, it's the recommended action in
grub manual).
Since then, my laptop is working fine, I have to boot in win7 and
kubuntu
I had this exact same problem except that the message says:
`the symbol '?set_more' not found.`
And there is a weird smiley face character before the question mark.
Any help on how I can get this machine up and running again would be
helpful. I've tried a 9.10 live CD and it's still hanging. It
Humm, Only now I am reading this, and I had to reinstall the kubuntu, and again
all my data was there, only need reinstall some programs.
I was afraid to make more damage to system files, and didn't know I could just
press enter.
Ok, well, it seems the problems happens in 2 conditions:
- after
well, first thanks, and sorry the late answer. I got the same problem
again, tried the dpkg option you told, and got just a blank line as the
linux comand line option what to do?
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checking the grub configuration, the file in the /etc/default/grub folder was
empty... no entries for my OS.
the fdisk -l lists my partitions rightly.
windows 7, linux, swap, everything ok... but there are any options to choose
with dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc
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Am Donnerstag, den 19.11.2009, 01:40 + schrieb Christiano:
well, first thanks, and sorry the late answer. I got the same problem
again, tried the dpkg option you told, and got just a blank line as
the
linux comand line option what to do?
Just press return/enter. Mostly you don't need
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