[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2018-10-12 Thread Paolo
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 549756 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549756 Linux is on USB drive, and hard drive is on windows, a pc on which I do not have right to write MBR (company policy) or install anything; I have grub2 writing on a hard drive MBR automatically sometimes durin

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-07-27 Thread databubble
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 549756 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549756 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 549756 [Regression] Installing to USB drive, proposes MBR to be written to internal disk -- [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh inst

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-07-27 Thread databubble
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 549756 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/549756 Omer. Yes, 549756 is a duplicate of this bug, which as you can see from David's post is still an issue in Maverick. I agree, this is more likely to be a ubiquity issue than grub2, as it has to do with the in

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-07-25 Thread Omer Akram
is this still an issue? I wonder the problem might actually be in ubiquity. bug 549756 might be related -- [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414996 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which i

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-07-12 Thread Kousik Sankar
>>Now I have two problems. >>1) how do I get Windows on my laptop to boot again I need my work data! >>2) how do I make my mythbuntu USB front-end install bootable? Oh yes, I did face that problem sometime back, and though I love Ubuntu, GRUB needs to improve. I follow the brute force appr

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-07-03 Thread David Ayers
Opps sorry I was mislead! /boot was not wiped! The boot partition wasn't mounted when I was recovering... so the situation is the same as before. (My bad.) Grub2 merely gets installed on the wrong device. -- [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install https://bugs.launc

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-07-03 Thread David Ayers
I can confirm that this still applies to Maverick Alpha 2. Recap: - I burned an Mavrick Alpha 2 CD. - booted from the CD - for the installation I choose an USB-Stick as the installation partition - installation was successful - rebooting without the USB Stick failed Even worse: the /boot director

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-06-30 Thread manzdagratiano
Another update... I just tried checking the installer on my other laptop (Dell Vostro V13); the hard drive neatly comes up as sda. However, on my VAIO, the hard drive still shows up as sdb and the flash drive as sda. I guess the VAIO is interpreting the flash drive differently, and I don't really u

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-06-29 Thread manzdagratiano
"Is there anybody out there?" (Pink Floyd, "The Wall") -- [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414996 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-06-12 Thread manzdagratiano
Okay... just tried the alternate installer, and the problem persists. I believe it is easily reproduced - just create a USB installer using USB startup disk creator; boot up the machine with the USB drive, and the USB drive shows up as /dev/sda, with the main hard drive as /dev/sdb. I think it is a

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-05-22 Thread manzdagratiano
I have so far installed karmic, along with grub2, on three computers, and reinstalled on two, and have not had this problem there - just with lucid. Maybe the nomination for karmic should be declined? Also, any workarounds for this during the installation itself? I feel extreme inertia in trying to

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-05-22 Thread manzdagratiano
okay... I think the issue might be more subtle. I tried installing lucid again via usb, hoping to be able to select the correct drive in the advanced options in the installation procedure... what I instead find is that when in livecd mode, gparted reveals my usb drive as /dev/sda, which I believe i

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-05-08 Thread manzdagratiano
Any ideas about this? I believe grub2 should exclude the installation media from the menu or its installation - because the user would normally not want that anyway. It should not be writing itself to the installation media (With it having become more feasible to boot from a USB key, I believe ther

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-05-03 Thread manzdagratiano
I was plagued by this bug as well while installing Lucid from a Live USB - after the install when I rebooted with the USB key removed, the machine gave me an error `error: symbol grub_puts_ not found' and dropped me into grub-rescue mode. Seeking to fix grub from the Live USB, I rebooted with the k

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-04-30 Thread linuxn00b
>From my post on ubuntuforums.org: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1466038 Quote: Originally Posted by Lazy-buntu When I upgraded to 10.04 it said something like install grub on every partition if you're not sure where to install it. I did on every partition on sda, but most failed. Th

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-04-30 Thread linuxn00b
I upgraded to Lucid from Karmic and now I can't boot into Windows 7. I get a blinking cursor. I did a fresh install of Lucid, back to Karmic, and back to Lucid with no luck. I tried reinstalling Grub2. Then, I used my Windows 7 disk to get to a command prompt to run: BootRec.exe /FixBoot BootRec

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-04-23 Thread flummy
Also affected: HP Proliant DL140, which has two Bays for SATA drives connected to a LSI Logic Raid Controller. 10.04 64bit Server Beta1, Beta2 and Release Candidate all behave the same when trying to install from USB stick. Last binary I tried, downloaded a few hours ago: http://releases.ubuntu.

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-04-17 Thread Flávio Etrusco
** Tags added: lucid -- [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414996 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-04-16 Thread David Ayers
I can confirm that installing from CD to an external USB drive/stick still overwrites the MBR of the internal drive on Lucid Beta2. Possibly related reports: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/45989 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/46520 --

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-04-09 Thread rmsmith
I just spent a long frustrating day messing with this problem. Windows Recovery Console finally rescued me, by re-writing my MBR. Ubuntu sure didn't do much to help. This needs to be fixed right away. This is not acceptable. -- [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh insta

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-03-24 Thread bcbc
Grub2 also ignores request to not install boot loader. I installed lucid 10.04 beta 1 to external USB (/sdb). Selected 'Advanced' and deselected 'Install boot loader' (as I use grub2 with my karmic install to boot into lucid). It prompted me - are you sure etc... It then installed a boot loader

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-03-14 Thread hamannp
For the love of god, please fix this critical defect! There's been ample discussion in this thread on why this "feature" is very, very bad. Functionality that used to just "work" should not suddenly, arbitrarily, and *irrationally* change. I've been putting Ubuntu on flash drives for years. The

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-01-14 Thread A.J.
When installing ubuntu I had a second hfs+ mac formatted drive installed in my tower. Guess what? GRUB defaulted to this drive which I have not found a way to recover. Aka massive data loss. GRUB should default to the disk you are installing to or have a clear warning message directing users to the

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-01-10 Thread Soulmates_2003
I'm new to ubuntu 9.10. I have used windows XP for years. Recently, my wife purchased a new HP laptop. It has windows 7 installed. I hate windows 7, and got the bright Idea to download Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit version to CD and install on a 32GB USB flash drive. The install went okay. When I decided to r

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2010-01-01 Thread Ubfan
After many successful 32 bit Karmic installs from a live usb stick to usb sticks and usb hard disks, I installed a 64bit Karmic from a CDROM (to a usb stick) and clicking on the Advanced button, noticed the difference in the use of (hd0) for the boot location instead of an actual device (e.g. /dev/

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2009-12-20 Thread i2o2
This got me too. Some how the initial installation (9.10 I think?) went OK, perhaps because it was using grub1 but an upgrade to grub 2 post installation was not successful in finding my Windows partition (which was working well with grub1), and now I am having trouble getting that drive to mount f

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2009-11-25 Thread MarcRandolph
Hello grazanel, if you believe this information in this ticket to be incomplete, could you please explain why? ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414996 You re

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2009-11-25 Thread grazanel
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414996 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 414996] Re: [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install

2009-11-23 Thread MarcRandolph
** Summary changed: - [karmic alpha 4] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on mythbuntu install + [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive on fresh install ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical -- [karmic] grub re-writes boot sector on wrong drive o