Public bug reported: 13.10 was already installed and my working version in its own partition (dev/sda3) 14.04 beta 2 was newly installed into its own partition (dev/sda4)
System was left unbootable and broken because Grub could not be found at boot time. To try and fix the problem I used the boot-repair-disk-64bit.iso (dowloaded from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair- cd/files/latest/download?source=recommended). This was apparently updated last for 13.04. The contents of README.diskdefines are: #define DISKNAME Lubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 #define TYPE binary #define TYPEbinary 1 #define ARCH amd64 #define ARCHamd64 1 #define DISKNUM 1 #define DISKNUM1 1 #define TOTALNUM 0 #define TOTALNUM0 1 The tool was not able to run completely on its own with the "Recommended repair" option which in the past had worked properly. Instead, it gave me a list of commands to run in a terminal which I ran. The commands said they worked and the repair tool completed without error but the system could still not boot afterwards. -- How I fixed the problem: Booted Live/CD Deleted EFI and 14.04 partitions Recreated EFI partition Reinstalled 14.04 Apparently, the same can be accomplished from the command line but didn't see the posting before reinstalling. --- Upon further investigation, it appears that 14.04 uses a newer version of Grub? Although, the source of the problem may not be related to Ubuntu specifically, because EFI was introduced by Microsoft, it nonetheless reflects badly on Ubuntu when the user expects the installer to simply just work. These kind of issues really turn off users to Linux since they are a headache and eat up so much time. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: 14.04 grub -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300102 Title: Grub EFI partition broken when installing 14.04 with 13.10 installed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1300102/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
