Comment 15 for bug 107976

Right flexter. I'm running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn just now.

I don't know if the installation of grub in the bootsector of the partition of Feisty really helped to get the system boot.
I'ii explain what I did, since the firts installation attemp of Feisty:

My fdisk output:

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Disco /dev/hda: 60.0 GB, 60022480896 bytes
255 cabeças, 63 setores/trilha, 7297 cilindros
Unidades = cilindros de 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Dispositivo Boot Início Fim Blocos Id Sistema
/dev/hda1 * 1 383 3076416 83 Linux --> Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
/dev/hda2 384 390 56227+ b W95 FAT32 --> Free Dos
/dev/hda3 391 1029 5132767+ 7 HPFS ou NTFS --> Windows XP
/dev/hda4 1030 7297 50347710 f Win95 (LBA) Partição Extendida
/dev/hda5 1030 2049 8193118+ b W95 FAT32 --> My Documents for XP
/dev/hda6 2050 4535 19968763+ b W95 FAT32 --> only data files
/dev/hda7 4536 4665 1044193+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda8 4666 5175 4096543+ 83 Linux --> Ubuntu Edgy Eft
/dev/hda9 5176 5685 4096543+ 83 Linux --> Red Hat ES 4
/dev/hda10 5686 6195 4096543+ 83 Linux --> Fedora Core 6
/dev/hda11 6196 6514 2562336 83 Linux --> Xubuntu 6.10
/dev/hda12 6515 7297 6289416 83 Linux --> /home for all ubuntu systems

Disco /dev/hdd: 40.0 GB, 40060403712 bytes
255 cabeças, 63 setores/trilha, 4870 cilindros
Unidades = cilindros de 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Dispositivo Boot Início Fim Blocos Id Sistema
/dev/hdd1 * 1 1912 15358108+ 83 Linux --> only datafiles
/dev/hdd2 1913 4869 23752102+ f Win95 (LBA) Partição Extendida --> only datafiles
/dev/hdd5 1913 4869 23752071 7 HPFS ou NTFS --> only datafiles

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I've XOSL installed as primary boot manager (they use MBR and /dev/hda3 (FAT partition). More about Xosl on http://www.ranish.com/part/xosl.htm. I use XOSL for several years.

Windows 98 was installed on /dev/hda1, before the problems with Feisty.
Windows XP is installed on the 3. partition.

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What I did:

1) 20 April -> First attempt to install Feisty
- backup with "partimage" of /dev/hda8
- I tried Ubuntu Feisty Fawn alternate CD - They don't boot my system.
- Then i've downloaded the Ubuntu Feisty fawn desktop cd. My system has booted and the installation was OK, Grub was entirely loaded in the bootsector of /dev/hda8.
By rebooting the system and choosing to boot Ubuntu Feisty, I got the errors as in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/107976/comments/3,
- I have restaured the Partimage Backup of /dev/hda8 and got my Ubuntu Edgy back.

2) 25 to 27 April
- Installation of Ubuntu Feisty on /dev/hda1.
I've forgot to choose the advanced options during the installation and so the grub was loade to MBR.
The installation process was OK, but I got the same errors when booting from /dev/hda1
So i've restaures my MBR with Xosl and forgoted Feisty.

3) 28 to 29 April
I would try the hacks from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2525534#post2525534, and so I reinstalled Feisty again on /dev/hda. This time, I selected the advanced options during the installation and so Grub was loaded entirely on bootsector of /dev/hda1. The istallation process was ok and on rebooting, surprise! The system booted from /dev/hda1.
They complained about some errors of FAT partitions, but at the end the system works perfectly.

Windows XP and other Linux distributions installed are also working.

The fact: Feisty installed on the first primary partition and with grub loaded entirely in bootsector of the same partition are working for me.

Is Windows XP installed in your first primary partition? You can make a backup with Norton Ghost.
If you need assistance with this process, including relocation of the Windows partition and partimage backups, please send me private email (you can find my email address in my profile by launchpad). And you can write in spanish, I understand it perfectly