fixed indeed in Lucid Lynx 10.04 i386!
It installs the grub2 bootloader to the selected partition without killing the
current bootloader/in the 'mbr' on the first disk.
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told ubiquity to install grub to sda6, but it breaks grub on mbr
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/409575
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seems to be fixed in lucid. thanks
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Status: Confirmed = Fix Released
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told ubiquity to install grub to sda6, but it breaks grub on mbr
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/409575
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Another Update!
old post 2:
I will try a manually install to external usb disk and see if it still breaks
the mbr of the internal disk... keep ya updated!
I did it and just finished 2 test installs on a external memory-stick.
One affected the mbr on my internal /dev/sda the other install did
Another another update!
last and
I will try one install with automatic partitioning just to the external memory
stick for the last test, If that one also screws the mbr on my internal disc
than there is a serious bug somewhere
I did and when using the automatic partition option use entire
I fixed my mbr this time by restoring the whole 512 bytes, because ubuntu
installed it to the mbr on /dev/sda instead of /dev/sdf...
I tried one more install with automated partitioning using use entire disk on
a external usb disk. This time with manually selecting to install the mbr/grub
in
This bug can kill allot of dual/multi boot setups!
Affected i386/amd64 9.10 releases, 9.04 both releases and maybe also earlier
releases...
Familiar bug:
It is a serious Windows XP like bug, because the Windows XP install always
writes itself or overwrites the mbr of the first harddisk even
Today Update!
old post:
During ubuntu install I manually reformated the fat32 filesystems to the
needed ubuntu filesystems. This might also screw the mbr, I will test later
today.
By re-installing ubuntu 9.10 on /dev/sda and reformating the filesystem
and even disabling grub/mbr install in the
Confirmed for the kubuntu 9.10 release ISO.
I set ubiquity to install grub on /dev/sda6, as i had it already on my
MBR(regular ubuntu 9.10 install). However, the mbr was still
overwritten.
I fixed it by booting my regular ubuntu and did a grub-install. But an
installer should do as it's told. I
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Status: New = Confirmed
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just tried again with 20091015
when i ask to install the bootloader to /dev/sda6 it still puts it on
/dev/sda
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Importance: Undecided = Medium
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told ubiquity to install grub to sda6, but it breaks grub on mbr
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/409575
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i did an update with update manager. grub-pc popped up a dialog asking
which devices to keep grub up to date on, the only option was /dev/sda.
now it has installed grub2 on to the MBR so i can't chainload my other
OSs again.
how can i keep karmic's grub off the MBR?
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told ubiquity to install
booting to a jaunty live cd i can do,
sudo grub
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
to restore grub on MBR, then i can chainload karmics grub on sda6, and
it boots.
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told ubiquity to install grub to sda6, but it breaks grub on mbr
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/409575
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