Public bug reported:
i already had linux mint 3.0 running in dual boot with windows xp pro
sp2. i wanted to replace linux mint with ubuntu 8.04 desktop.
====installation====
i downloaded the installed cd (ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso) of ubuntu
8.04 desktop
at boot time i chose
- english
- then to install
- during the install wizard i chose manual partitioning
- i chose the 'edit partition' option on the first ext3 partition (on my
sata drive). inside the dialog i selected ext3 and checked the format check
box. for mount point i selected '/' and clicked OK
- i chose the 'edit partition' option on the second ext3 partition (sata
drive). inside the dialog i selected ext3 and left the format check box
unchecked (keep my old files). for mount point i selected '/home'
- i continued the wizard to the bootloader settings. it was already set to hd0
so i left it at that and finished the installation
===============
i rebooted
=====problems=====
the grub menu appeared with ubuntu and windows xp pro in it
- i chose ubuntu from the menu and got this error:
Error 22: no such partition
i restarted and chose windows xp pro from the menu and got this error:
NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart
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i rebooted
=====solution=====
i launched the cd live
checked '/boot/grub/menu.lst'
and it had set the ubuntu partitions to 'hd0,x'
and it had set the windows partition to 'hd1,0'
(its supposed to be the other way around like with ubuntu 6.10)
and the grub 'map' command was used on the windows partiton
in menu.lst i changed the references of hd0,x to hd1,x and the reference for
windows hd1 to hd0. and removed the 2 map commands
now everything boots as expected
See attachment for:
- (original)menu.lst
- (fixed)menu.lst
- fdisk -l output
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guys please fix this. its rather sloppy to leave it the way it is now. i
did not have this problem with ubuntu 6.10
(config before installation)
IDE 0:1 - WD 40 gb
- ntfs (windows xp pro sp2)
SATA channel 0 - WD 160 gb
- ntfs 120 gb
- ext3 ~7.5 gb mint '/' root
- ext3 ~34gb mint '/home'
- swap ~1gb
hardware:
IDE 1:0 LG CDRW drive
IDE 1:1 LITEON DVD drive
motherboard: asus A7V880
cpu: AMD Sempron 2800+
memory: 1gb
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: 8.04 boot grub install installation menu.lst
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ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386 installation: /boot/grub/menu.lst mis-configured
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222464
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