Thanks, I fixed it again.
One month ago I did lock the grub in the System; I do not know what kind of update I installed, so it rendered my Ubuntu unbootable ?? Cheers, Alex On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Erick Brunzell <[email protected]> wrote: > @ Alex, > > Check out the Wubi megathread that bcbc linked to in post #38. There is > a more "permanent" work-around there. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/610898 > > Title: > grub-pc upgrade renders computer unbootable when Wubi is installed to > partition other than Windows > > Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: > Invalid > Status in Wubi, Windows Ubuntu Installer: > Triaged > Status in “lupin” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > Status in “lupin” source package in Natty: > Triaged > > Bug description: > Users with wubi 10.04 are running the latest grub-pc updates, and it's > installing the grub2 bootloader to their drive MBR, rendering their > computers unbootable. > > Users are reporting that the computer boots straight to a grub rescue > prompt, with the error 'no such device xxxxxxx'. They cannot boot > windows or access their system restore utilities. Grub2 is in the MBR > pointing to partition #256. > > I first reported this on the #grub IRC channel, in the following bug > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/576724, and now > here as it's probably correct to create a new bug (an there's been no > response yet). > > Here are the links to the ubuntuforums.org threads... > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1538228 > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1537956 > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1538170 > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1482621 (this is an older > thread, but a new user (softis) added to it and has the same issue). > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1540744 > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1540772 > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1539672 > > I suspect, but cannot be certain, that it may be related to another > bug in the lupin-support overrides of grub, that fails to identify a > wubi installed ubuntu, when it has been installed to a partition other > than the main windows partition. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lupin/+bug/604417 > > Although not conclusive, it seems that the most affected users > reported installing wubi to a partition other than windows. > > > ===================== > FOLLOW UP: Aug 13 2010 > ===================== > I ran a new 10.04 wubi install on two computers. On the first wubi was > installed on the same partition as windows. On the second it was installed > on an external drive. > > After installing, I booted wubi on both, connected to the internet and > immediately downloaded all updates. When the grub-pc screen was presented, I > clicked Forward (without checking the box) and then proceeded to select ALL > devices presented to install grub. > On the WUBI on the same partition as Windows, this had no effect (verified > with Bootinfoscript) > On the WUBI on a different partition than Windows, this installed grub to > the MBR of both drives, with grub looking in partition #256. > > =========== > CONFIRMED: > =========== > This only affects WUBI installs on a partition other than windows, > therefore, is probably a duplicate of bug 604417. > > > Side note: > On both computers, Wubi would not start upon reboot after completion of > updates. When I clicked on Ubuntu under the Windows Boot Manager, both > computers rebooted. (This is totally unrelated to the MBR issue). To fix I > had to boot each wubi install from a grub command line (from a direct ubuntu > install), and then run "sudo update-grub", after which I was able to boot > normally into the wubi install using the Windows Boot Manager. I'm not sure > how a user with just wubi would do this!? Chroot from a live CD!? > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/610898/+subscribe > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/610898 Title: grub-pc upgrade renders computer unbootable when Wubi is installed to partition other than Windows -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
