[Bug 2065476] Re: During boot, after grub selection screen, it appears "error: sparse file not allowed - Aborted. Press any key to exit."
Thanks. The same steps (grub-install followed by update-grub) also eliminated the spurious message that I was getting. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2065476 Title: During boot, after grub selection screen, it appears "error: sparse file not allowed - Aborted. Press any key to exit." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/2065476/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 2065476] Re: During boot, after grub selection screen, it appears "error: sparse file not allowed - Aborted. Press any key to exit."
I solved the problem by reinstalling Grub on the same hard disk on which it was installed before. grub-install /dev/sdX (where sdX is the hard drive on which grub was installed) and then update-grub -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2065476 Title: During boot, after grub selection screen, it appears "error: sparse file not allowed - Aborted. Press any key to exit." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/2065476/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 2065476] Re: During boot, after grub selection screen, it appears "error: sparse file not allowed - Aborted. Press any key to exit."
I just upgraded my xubuntu box to 21.04 as well with a very similar problem. In my case the message is "error: sparse file not allowed" and a second later "Press any key to continue...". With no key stroke, it will time out and continue after a few seconds. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2065476 Title: During boot, after grub selection screen, it appears "error: sparse file not allowed - Aborted. Press any key to exit." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/2065476/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 2065476] Re: During boot, after grub selection screen, it appears "error: sparse file not allowed - Aborted. Press any key to exit."
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2065476 Title: During boot, after grub selection screen, it appears "error: sparse file not allowed - Aborted. Press any key to exit." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/2065476/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 2065476] Re: During boot, after grub selection screen, it appears "error: sparse file not allowed - Aborted. Press any key to exit."
** Package changed: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) => ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2065476 Title: During boot, after grub selection screen, it appears "error: sparse file not allowed - Aborted. Press any key to exit." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/2065476/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
