Ubuntu
grub package

partition not working in grub

Bug #186895 reported by bradleesargent
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Nominated for Hardy by Steven Harms

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity

I installed hardy herron alpha release 3, and it installed successfully, but after, I could not start from the hard drive.
It told me the partition was invalid.

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bradleesargent (bradlee-sargent) wrote :

I found out the wrong number was in the hd parameter of the menu.lst, instead of hd0,1, it was showing hd1,1, which means it didn't find the partition.
I had to manually edit the menu.lst file after installing hardy herron on my machine.

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TerryG (tgalati4) wrote :

Triaged to Confirmed. GRUB can get confused. Smart users such as yourself can fix the menu.lst entry. Sometimes new users get frustrated because they don't know what to do. Ubiquity needs some dialogs that prompt the new user to possible fixes if reboot fails. Perhaps a script that comes up by leaving a breadcrumb to aid a new user in Rescue Mode.

Changed in ubiquity:
status: New → Confirmed
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Steven Harms (sharms) wrote :

I can confirm this bug also. Attached several duplicate reports.

Steven Harms (sharms)
Changed in ubiquity:
assignee: nobody → ubuntu-installer
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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

I believe this was fixed some time ago by using UUIDs.

affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) → grub (Ubuntu)
Changed in grub (Ubuntu):
assignee: Ubuntu Installer Team (ubuntu-installer) → nobody
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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