I found the cause of this second problem and committed a fix to GRUB upstream:
2011-03-11 Colin Watson <cjwat...@ubuntu.com> * grub-core/boot/i386/pc/lnxboot.S (real_code_2): Ensure that the initial chunk read from the kernel always includes GRUB's multiboot header, which is now outside the first sector. This successfully boots into wubildr, at last! I'm now going to go back, clean everything up, and check that the previous bug still manifests after this fix. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693671 Title: wubi install will not boot - phase 2 stops with: Try (hd0,0): NTFS5 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs