[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2020-05-06 Thread Marcus Tomlinson
This issue has sat incomplete for more than 60 days now. I'm going to close it as invalid. Please feel free re-open if this is still an issue for you. Thank you. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of U

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2020-03-05 Thread Marcus Tomlinson
This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-11-23 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: grub2 (Debian) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551721 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubu

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-10-18 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: grub2 (Debian) Status: New => Confirmed -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551721 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-10-13 Thread Thespian
And last, the mbr that just booted straight in to windows, seemingly over-writing the previous grub2 bootloader in some way ** Attachment added: "boot straight to windows" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/551721/+attachment/1691789/+files/bad_mbr2winboot -- [grub2] grub f

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-10-13 Thread Thespian
good mbr ** Attachment added: "good mbr - legacy grub installed" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/551721/+attachment/1691788/+files/mbr-good -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551721 You received this bug notification because yo

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-10-13 Thread Thespian
output of fdisk attached ** Attachment added: "fdisk.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/551721/+attachment/1691787/+files/fdisk.txt -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551721 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-10-13 Thread Thespian
Colin, thanks for the pointer to the info that could you help with a work-around. Using grub2 in chained boot mode still had a similar problem, so I've reverted back to legacy grub for now. I've got 4 files attached here for you. The fdisk output, the "good" mbr now with legacy grub installed, a

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-10-11 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: grub2 (Debian) Status: Unknown => New -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551721 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@li

Re: [Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-10-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 05:51:43PM -, Thespian wrote: > This isn't Ubuntu or the grub/grub2 maintainers _fault_, but it is their > _problem_. Lots of us are dual-boot various flavors of windows and > Linux, and if this wasn't a problem with the earlier grub (even with > windows misbehaving and

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-09-30 Thread Thespian
My wife and I have identical HP(Dell) laptops (Compaq 8710p). We both dual boot XP/ubuntu. I upgraded 8.04->10.04 a number of months back, and all was relatively painless. We tried to do the same to hers and hit a bunch of upgrade problems (not obviously related to this bug) so I decided to "nuke

Re: [Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-09-22 Thread mavosaure
OK, I've t many things to do under Windows and Ubuntu, so I can break my GRUB many times... It's just a question of time :-) Le 22/09/2010 15:39, Colin Watson a écrit : > It's only bad news in that the contents of the sector that's been > overwritten are almost completely different from what you

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-09-22 Thread Colin Watson
It's only bad news in that the contents of the sector that's been overwritten are almost completely different from what you gave me before. The only similarity I can see is that there's the following sequence of characters in your first dump: 77DNN88M71WX ... and the following sequence

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-09-22 Thread mavosaure
As reported in bug # 441941: Note that the warning message was always : "no module name found Aborted. Press any key to exit." I just tried your packages (@Colin Watson) but after rebooting on Seven, it fails again. (I setted up Maverick on an another partition of the same disk). You'll find the

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-09-17 Thread Colin Watson
If you are experiencing this problem, then please follow these instructions: * Save the output of 'fdisk -lu' to a file. In this output, take note of the start sector of the first partition (usually 63, but might also be 2048 on recent installations, or occasionally something else). If this i

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-08-25 Thread mavosaure
I experiment the same problem for a few, on may Dell Studio 1558 laptop. Am friday 20th of august i was working on Windows Seven When a Dell update was applied without I should agree or disagree. After reboot I got also the message : "no module name found. Aborted. Press any key to exit" I wa

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-08-25 Thread mavosaure
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #593347 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=593347 ** Also affects: grub2 (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=593347 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid) ht

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-08-13 Thread wombat
(My apologies. The problem I am trying to comment on may in fact be more closely related to bug 441941 or 482757. Possible duplicates.) -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551721 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bug

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-08-13 Thread wombat
I know two other potential linux users who were put off by this problem. The people I know both had Dells and were reluctant to uninstall the Dell Datasafe software because we were all worried about losing the ability to reinstall windows 7 later. (These users need windows, and are not willing to

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-06-27 Thread Хаджиев
** Tags added: i386 -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551721 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 https://lists.ubuntu.com/

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid)

2010-06-11 Thread Хаджиев
** Summary changed: - [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1) + [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid) -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551721 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscri

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1)

2010-06-11 Thread Sajjad
Confirmed for Lucid. -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551721 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 https://lists.ubun

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1)

2010-05-07 Thread bhoult
I had the same bug on an alienware (dell) pc. I followed the above link from Giovanni and it seems to be caused by "Dell Datasafe local backup" and "Dell Datasafe local backup support software". I uninstalled those two programs in windows (restored grub again) and have not experienced the issue s

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1)

2010-04-26 Thread Giovanni Dall'Olio
Maybe this bug is related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/482757 -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551721 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubun

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1)

2010-04-26 Thread Giovanni Dall'Olio
I have the same problem, and I would like to add a detail to the previous description: it only happens if I login into Windows. If I run Windows7 but not login and then reboot, the problem doesn't shows up. -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/5517

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1)

2010-04-13 Thread Хаджиев
Sorry for adding one more comment (there is no edit option in Launchpad) but the guide in my blog is now hosted here: http://syndofyouths.wordpress.com/2010/04/12/i-want-to-address-the-boot- loader-problem-in-ubuntu-9-10/ Kind regards, Miro Hadzhiev -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1)

2010-04-12 Thread Rich Williamson
I had the same problem with Beta 1 and Beta 2. Please see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/441941?comments=all If you found this thread because you are stuck with an unbootable machine like I was, here is what I did to fix it: Step 1: Restore your MBR: ## boot ubuntu live f

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1)

2010-04-10 Thread Хаджиев
But you should use this line instead (when installing BURG to the MBR of your system): sudo burg-install --alt "(hd0)" I wrote a simple guide in my blog which resembles the aforesaid how-to: http://syndofyouths.blogspot.com/2010/04/off-topic-i-want-to-address-boot-loader.html -- [grub2] grub fa

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1)

2010-04-10 Thread Хаджиев
I highly recommend to everybody to install BURG and to overwrite GRUB2 installation. The bug DOES NOT occur in BURG (which is a re-write of GRUB2). This is the how-to: http://code.google.com/p/burg/wiki/InstallUbuntu Kind regards, Miro Hadzhiev -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid B

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1)

2010-04-06 Thread Хаджиев
I have an HP NX9420 and the bug occurs even when I DO NOT HAVE an anti- virus app, when Windows DO NOT run any updates, it occurs AT EVERY boot- up of Windows and it DOES NOT matter which version of Windows is in use (I have personally tried XP, Vista and 7). The MBR of the computer and GRUB2 corr

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1)

2010-04-06 Thread pippom77
Lucid, Dell Studio 1558 with Windows 7 - 64bit The bug is exaclty the same. I tried the dual boot by Grub 2 with Lucid beta 1 but after antivirus check or sometimes software installation on Windows the message after reboot is "no modue name found" and the computer gets unusable. -- [grub2] grub

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1)

2010-04-05 Thread Jeff Lane
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551721 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1)

2010-04-03 Thread Jeff Lane
This one just bit me in the ass :-( I'm running Lucid with latest updates as of 2 April 2010. I booted into Windows 7, and after shutting that down, I ended up with the same error as the OP for this bug. Right now, I'm pulling down a new lucid iso to my other system, hoping I can boot that and r

[Bug 551721] Re: [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1)

2010-03-30 Thread Хаджиев
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/42499005/Dependencies.txt -- [grub2] grub fails to load again (in Lucid Beta1) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551721 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu