Same problem here. I am very disappointed that a problem like this
persists for so long and no action is taken. This is a major system
breaker... Am I the only one with UEFI BIOS out there?
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Hello
just had the same problem when upgrading through Update Manager in natty.
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Title:
Update replaced grub-efi with grub-pc causing boot
More details if it can help other people who cannot boot after ubuntu
kernel update :
Problem :
1 - I updated natty ubuntu with Update manager. This upgraded kernel from
2.6.38.8 to 2.6.38.10.
I noticed some changes on grub but didn't pay attention to the fact that it in
fact replaced grub-efi
This is why you should always watch the list of packages being updated,
especially if you are on a server.
As a workaround, you can put a hold on grub-efi-amd64:
echo grub-efi-amd64 hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
After doing the dist-upgrade, I was able to remove the
Just ran into this myself with an IBM server running Ubuntu Natty Server
edition.
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Title:
Update replaced grub-efi with grub-pc causing boot
Just happened to me in the a recent update to Natty through the Update
Manager. I had to boot via live CD and uninstall grub-pc and re-install
grub-efi-amd64.
Linux venus 2.6.38-10-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 15:07:17 UTC
2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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This happended to me too, I did an apt-get dist-upgrade in natty on
2011-05-05.
Annoying but could be fixed by booting on usb-stick, mounting the system
and re-install grub-efi.
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Start-Date: 2011-05-05 17:43:19
Commandline: apt-get dist-upgrade
Install: linux-headers-2.6.38-9:amd64 (2.6.38-9.43, automatic),
linux-image-2.6.38-9-generic:amd64 (2.6.38-9.43), grub-pc:amd64
(1.99~rc1-13ubuntu3, automatic), linux-headers-2.6.38-9-generic:amd64
(2.6.38-9.43, automatic),
[Expired for grub2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
days.]
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Expired
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Unfortunately, the Synaptic screenshot doesn't have enough information
for me to debug this. Could you please run:
sudo apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=true dist-upgrade
and post the output?
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Incomplete
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** Attachment added: Notice Synaptic attempting to remove EFI bootloader and
replace with BIOS bootloader!
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/721544/+attachment/1868079/+files/Grub_Issue.png
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Still appears to be an issue with latest patch, not just base Alpha2.
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Title:
Update replaced grub-efi with grub-pc causing boot failure.
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** Package changed: ubuntu = grub2 (Ubuntu)
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