Public bug reported: I have a brand new Intel Core 2 Duo computer and wanted to do a dual boot install of Windows XP and Ubuntu Edgy.
Followed the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot Installed Win XP (created a 30 Gb partition for this, left the rest of the disk unpartitioned) Retrieved and burned a CD image from http://cdimage.ubuntulinux.org /daily-live/ (16 Oct) Ran live CD, installed (created a 30 Gb partition for ubuntu, 4 gb swap, and 200+ FAT32 for shared files with Windows etc) Installer completed, but when the system reboots and Grub starts, selecting ubuntu yields 'Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition' Others with similar experiences: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=269446 Fix: followed the manual steps at http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/p15.htm#cli to get the system booted; (boots incompletely - possibly a second bug - TBC) ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Faulty installation - manual grub needed to boot (Edgy beta daily build 16 Oct) https://launchpad.net/bugs/66667 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
