I have a netbook that came with Windows installed. I want to use Ubuntu, but keep Windows as a fallback.
I created a live USB of Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.04. It worked well. I then ran the Ubuntu update manager. During installation of the downloaded updates, I was told that grub2 was being upgraded and asked questions about devices to which to install grub2. I thought that the correct answer was just the USB drive. It wasn't. The updating failed and I couldn't boot into UNR anymore. I started again (in other words, recreated the live USB and reran the Ubuntu update manager) and chose all devices shown. That wasn't the right answer either. I thought maybe the problem was with UNR, so I tried the regular Ubuntu 10.04 on live USB. Exactly the same result--all worked before running the update manager, nothing after. Next, I installed regular Ubuntu 10.04 to the hard disk of the netbook, using Wubi. Exactly the same result when I used the Ubuntu update manager. I Googled and found many people with similar problems, but no solutions I could follow. Is there yet a definitive solution to this problem? Some simple instructions I can follow myself? Would it be adequate just to refuse the offered update to grub2 when I run the Ubuntu update manager? Alternatively, can I downgrade to the old grub before running the Ubuntu update manager, since I've never had problems with the old grub? Leslie -------------------------------------------------- To see papers written by me on, among other things, literary allusions in Australian reasons for judgment, start here: http://ssrn.com/author=1164057 To see photos taken by me of, among other things, Sydney now (as well as comparative photos taken by others of Sydney then), start here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23623...@n03/sets/72157604225021655/ -------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Help-grub mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-grub
