Ubuntu
friendly-recovery package

ubuntu repair nightmare.

Bug #186557 reported by ajmal_82

This bug report was converted into a question: question #34282: ubuntu repair nightmare..

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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
friendly-recovery (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

i was dual boot with xp and ubuntu,xp crashed then reinstalled xp.Then grub was out and xp restored the MBR and wrote xp onto it.I thought restoring ubuntu was easy.read some manual about it online,google,ubuntu forums.it said i need to boot from ubuntu live cd and restore grub.i did what happened then.i dont see ubuntu but
grub with menu saying ubuntu kernel.when i check that nothing happens,i get some error message that ubuntu cant mount partitions,root and home.Please provide a method to restore grub,ohhh,i mean restore ubuntu when dual booting with xp.using gui interface whenever such bad things happen.

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Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

There is a spec about this: https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/friendly-recovery

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Greg Grossmeier (greg.grossmeier) wrote :

ajmal_82:

Have you been able restored your grub menu? If not, a good place for help is the Support Tracker: https://answers.launchpad.net/

Changed in friendly-recovery:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Incomplete
Adam Niedling (krychek)
Changed in friendly-recovery:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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