RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows: Alt. Install Instructions For Overwriting Boot-loader No Longer Work

Bug #700526 reported by laysan_a
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Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs

Using Kubuntu alt-install cd for 10.04 Lucid

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows

The section on overwriting the windows boot-loader using the alt-intstall cd no longer works. I have placed the following message on the page, but defer to someone more knowledgeable as to what should take its place.

The GUI Way: Using the Alternate/Install CD and Overwriting the Windows bootloader

THIS METHOD APPARENTLY NO LONGER WORKS - USE WITH CAUTION (IF AT ALL)

After re-initializing your mount points and other options, and after writing the changes to disk, system files are automatically installed. Each time I have tried this an error is thrown that busybox-initramfs could not be installed (I assume because a newer version exists - but I dont' know. This error MIGHT be avoided if one has internet access, again, I don't know). The error aborts the installation of system files, and returns you to the menu. If you then select to install the grub boot-loader, it too, errors-out because the installation of system files did not complete. You are stuck in a loop. Unless you know some bash-magic to bypass this impass, your only alternative (you will be unable to boot into your system now), is to return to the partitioner, reformat, and reinstall from scratch.

Tags: wiki
John Kim (kotux)
tags: added: wiki
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :

Thanks for your report!

Please note that the page in question is a wiki page which anybody can edit - including you. ;-)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WikiGuide
Since you seem to know how it should be changed, it would be great if you could fix it.

Due to the nature of the community help wiki, you can't request changes to it in the form of bug reports.

Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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