Comment 25 for bug 252900

Thanks for the input Keith. Makes sense, since the only
system I have encountered this problem is a lap-top that
was formatted as FAT32. My desktop is formatted as
NTFS and my other lap-top is ext 2/3 (only runs Ubuntu).

However, the partition type should be irrelevant to Ubuntu
(or any Linux system running on a Windows machine). A
file system is a file system and should be independent of
the HD characteristics. The Host System I/O routines
should be the only software aware f the HD record structure.
The Ubuntu (Linux) update routines should just be dealing
at a higher level and unconcerned with lower level formats.
Sounds like either a design flaw in Ubuntu (Linux) or a bug.

Regards Bob

--- On Sat, 2/14/09, Keith Vauquelin <email address hidden> wrote:
From: Keith Vauquelin <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 252900] Re: vfat : wubi 8.04.1-rev506 kernel upgrade fails
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Saturday, February 14, 2009, 7:16 AM

Hi, folks:

Fix for the bug THAT WORKED for me:

1) Convert the file structure on the partition Ubuntu resides on from FAT to
NTFS.
2) Reload Ubuntu

All updates and patches will apply without fail.

Good luck.

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vfat : wubi 8.04.1-rev506 kernel upgrade fails
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