[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19634 Title: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian-installer/+bug/19634/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19634 Title: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian-installer/+bug/19634/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
** Also affects: debian-installer Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19634 Title: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian-installer/+bug/19634/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
I can confirm this bug. My PC has a 160 GB sata harddisc patitioned inte 1 NTFS-partition (31 GB) which i use for microsoft xp and a Linux- partition (130 GB) which i just upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 . Before this update, Ubuntu had no problem accessing the NTFS-partition. Now when i try to access the NTFS-partition from Ubuntu, i get the error-message: "Failed to mount the 31 GB volume. Adding read ACL for uid 1000 '/media/magnus' failed. Operation not supported. " -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19634 Title: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/19634/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
** No longer affects: libdebian-installer (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19634 Title: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/19634/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed ** Changed in: libdebian-installer (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19634 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 12:22:30PM -, robi wrote: > ** Changed in: libdebian-installer (Ubuntu) >Status: Invalid => Incomplete I'm reverting this status change, as it came without an explanation, and I'm quite certain that this bug has nothing to do with libdebian-installer. status invalid ** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19634 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
** Changed in: libdebian-installer (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Incomplete -- after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19634 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
Rejecting bogus libdebian-installer task. (The bug remains open.) ** Changed in: libdebian-installer (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19634 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
This bug has duplicates and have been confirmed. So, I mark this as confirmed. ** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: libdebian-installer (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19634 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
** Also affects: libdebian-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19634 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
The problem with the Recovery/Rescue partition on the IBM T41 and similar machines turns out to be the way that IBM set up the Recovery partition. This varies with the date of manufacture and model of machine, but on my machines they have set up some code in the BIOS that makes the hard disc look about 5Gb smaller to the Operating System than actual eg 35Gb instead of 40Gb. There are some settings controlling this in teh Security section of the BIOS set up screens. This "protected partition" approach all works OK while you have only Windows on the machine as the manufactturer intended, but when you install Ubuntu with Grub managing the dual boot, Windows thinks that there is some problem with the partition table and refuses to boot. The simple cure I found which allows everything to work normally (including the using the blue IBM button to launch the Recovery Utilities at start up), is to go into the BIOS setup screen, Security section, and switch off the security setting on the Recovery partition. You are warned that this action makes this partition visible to the Operating System and thus it can be overwritten if you re-partition the disc with a partition editor. This has not proved to be any real issue for me. I did not work out how to build the Recovery CDs. What I did instead was to get the specific hardware drivers and utility software for the T41 machines from the IBM/Lenovo download site, and used a generic XP/SP2 installation CD to install Windows normally, then loaded the required device drivers for chipset, WLAN card etc. This results in a nice clean installation. My standard approach to setting up a machine for Ubuntu use is to have Windows installed first, on a small partition (eg 5 - 10Gb) with the rest of the disc free. Then I install Ubuntu and tell it to use the free area of disc. This automatically sets up Grub to give the dual boot menu at machine startup. Very simple and reliable. The Windows and the Recovery partition only get used rarely now on the machines I look after, so it has become something of a moot point, and on a couple of machines, only Ubuntu is installed. The users seem to have made the migration across to Ubuntu quite happily. -- after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19634 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
I'm not sure if this helps, but I've encountered the "Partition 2 does not end on a cylinder boundary." message before. Thus on another distribution, and not on a ThinkPad, and with another partition with its own bootloader that didn't want to boot up after grub. Anyway. Are you able to mount the diagnostic partition? Because in my experience I could mount the partition that didn't want to boot. And when I removed the newly created partition with parted, things started to happen again. But as I said. This might be a complete different case, but I'm thinking about a bad partition table that might be corrected if the partition in question is removed. -- after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19634 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => New -- after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19634 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
I have the same problem on several T41 laptops. Before I blow away the last hidden recovery partition to allow the dual boot to work correctly, is it possible to make a Recovery CD from the data in this hidden partition, or some other way? My intention is to just use a CD instead of the recovery stuff on the hard disc, thereby avoiding the problem and recovering another 3-4Gb of disc space. Matt I note you refer to making a recovery CD in your original post. Did it work, and if so how did you create it? Thanks -- after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/19634 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
ThinkWiki has some more information on this: http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Predesktop_Area which links to http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Hidden_Protected_Area http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Rescue_and_Recovery The basic gist is that there's a hidden part of the hard drive (at the end) that can be booted into which contains backups and diagnostics. The tricky part is that the implementation has actually changed over time. Here's a summary of what I've been able to figure out. On older ThinkPads, this is implemented with the BIOS hiding that part of the hard drive (by reporting a smaller hard drive to the OS). In this case, the MBR contains a special ThinkPad bootloader which monitors the blue button. If the blue button is not pressed, it boots the first partition on the drive regardles of active bit. If the blue button is pressed, it does something magical to boot into the hidden part of the hard drive. On newer ThinkPads, the hidden part of the hard drive is a standard hidden partition, and the ThinkPad bootloader unhides it and boots into it when the button is pressed. In this case, it is possible to have GRUB replace the ThinkPad bootloader. Installing any bootloader into the MBR that is not the ThinkPad bootloader will result in difficulty booting into the predesktop area. Depending on your model, you may be able to configure grub to do the same thing. -- after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition https://launchpad.net/bugs/19634 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 19634] Re: after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition
** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu) Assignee: Colin Watson => (unassigned) -- after installing Ubuntu I can't access my rescue partition https://launchpad.net/bugs/19634 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
