** Description changed: Binary package hint: debian-installer - Sorry for just pasting irc-log, but I'm in a real hurry.. Feel free to - edit :) + I installed kubuntu alpha5 from alternative CD on my laptop. MBR + contained TrueCrypt bootloader and /dev/sda1 contains encrypted Windows + XP installation. I decided to do a fully encrypted installation and + created /boot on /dev/sda2 and crypto+lvm on /dev/sda5 containin root + + swap. Installation proceeded after partitioning, but when it was time to + install GRUB the installer didn't ask where I want it to be installed + and it didn't detect my existing Windows installation. This resulted in + GRUB being installed on MBR and overwriting my TC bootloader. - #ubuntu+1: - (22:04:44) Wellark: ugh.. I just installed kubuntu aplha5 from alternative CD on my laptop - (22:05:30) Wellark: it's kinda funny as I'm quite sure I didn't see any place to specify where to install GRUB - (22:06:06) Wellark: my MBR _had_ TrueCrypt bootloader for my Windows and well.. it's gone :/ - (22:06:37) Wellark: luckily I have TC recovery CD so I should be able to restore the MBR - (22:08:26) Wellark: I will try again on spare partition and pay extra attention.. Does anyone remember where the grup install location could be changed? - (22:10:51) platius: Wellark; as I remember their is an "advanced" button when the install syas it is about toformat the partitions - (22:10:58) platius: there - (22:11:20) Wellark: ok. I just might have missed it, but I'll try again - (22:11:52) platius: Wellark; not too intuitive - (22:21:58) Wellark: negative.. manual partitioner didn't have anything related to grub - (22:40:36) Wellark: ok. after the software installation came "is your system clock in UTC" and then "Installation is done" - (22:43:32) Wellark: hmm.. pressing "go back" on the last page gives me the list of different installation stages.. there's "Install the Grub bootloader on a hard disk" right after "select and install software" - (22:43:57) Wellark: selecting that just installs grub on MBR, no questions asked - (22:45:44) Wellark: there's a message "searching other operating systems" and it doesn't seem to find any even though there's windows XP installed (crypted with truecrypt) on /dev/sda1 and another kubuntu installation has it's /boot on /dev/sda2 - (22:47:09) Wellark: I'm thinking the installer fails to find the other OS' and thinks it's perfectly OK to install to the MBR X| + I had left some extra space to the hard drive so that I could do a + second install, boot in /dev/sda3, crypto+lvm root and swap in + /dev/sda6. On second install the installer didn't recognize Windows and + not even earlier installed Kubuntu.
-- [Jaunty] installer doesn't ask where to install GRUB and overwrites MBR which contains TrueCrypt Bootloader https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/337957 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
