Activity log for bug #626503

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2010-08-29 22:39:31 nUboon2Age bug added bug
2010-12-12 21:27:12 Mayukh bug added subscriber Mayukh
2010-12-12 21:29:04 Mayukh description @Orrin Zirbel wrote on https://answers.launchpad.net/wubi/+question/122771 My Dell inspiron 1525 laptop runs Windows Vista Home Premium (Intel Core2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 32-bit operating system). Ubuntu was added in December of 2009 (Karmic) and, until today, has started off a dual-boot menu. On August 25 2010, I went to Ubuntu and loaded a large number of system updates. The process seemed to go well until it stopped at a question about where to place Grub. I may not have given the correct answer (I told it to proceed) because now the Windows Boot Manager never gets me to Ubuntu. If I select "Ubuntu" in Windows Boot Manager, I get a brief set of messages and then the system takes me back to Windows Boot Manager. Fortunately, at this point I can select Windows and it operates normally. The messages are: Try (hd0,0): FAT16: No WUBILDER Try (hd0,1): NTFS5: No wubildr Try (hd0,2): NTFS5: error unknown command 'loadfont' error file not found In my files I have the following: c:\ubuntu\disks\boot\grub (folder is empty) c:\ubuntu\disks\root.disk (modified 8/25/2010) 17,145,856Kb c:\ubuntu\disks\swap.disk (modified 12/18/2009) 262,144Kb c:\ubuntu\install\.fuse_hidden (modified 12/18/2009) 707,376Kb c:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr (modified 12/18/2009) 79Kb c:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.cfg (modified 12/18/2009) 2Kb c:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.mbr (modified 12/18/2009) 8Kb c:\ubuntu.ico (modified 12/18/2009) c:\uninstall-wubi.exe (modified 12/18/2009) I am new to using Ubuntu, and would appreciate any help I could get to be able to boot normally as before. I have removed Ubuntu from this machine and am running it as a Vista-only machine again. @Orrin Zirbel wrote on https://answers.launchpad.net/wubi/+question/122771 My Dell inspiron 1525 laptop runs Windows Vista Home Premium (Intel Core2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 32-bit operating system). Ubuntu was added in December of 2009 (Karmic) and, until today, has started off a dual-boot menu. On August 25 2010, I went to Ubuntu and loaded a large number of system updates. The process seemed to go well until it stopped at a question about where to place Grub. I may not have given the correct answer (I told it to proceed) because now the Windows Boot Manager never gets me to Ubuntu. If I select "Ubuntu" in Windows Boot Manager, I get a brief set of messages and then the system takes me back to Windows Boot Manager. Fortunately, at this point I can select Windows and it operates normally. The messages are: Try (hd0,0): FAT16: No WUBILDER Try (hd0,1): NTFS5: No wubildr Try (hd0,2): NTFS5: error unknown command 'loadfont' error file not found In my files I have the following: c:\ubuntu\disks\boot\grub (folder is empty) c:\ubuntu\disks\root.disk (modified 8/25/2010) 17,145,856Kb c:\ubuntu\disks\swap.disk (modified 12/18/2009) 262,144Kb c:\ubuntu\install\.fuse_hidden (modified 12/18/2009) 707,376Kb c:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr (modified 12/18/2009) 79Kb c:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.cfg (modified 12/18/2009) 2Kb c:\ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.mbr (modified 12/18/2009) 8Kb c:\ubuntu.ico (modified 12/18/2009) c:\uninstall-wubi.exe (modified 12/18/2009) I am new to using Ubuntu, and would appreciate any help I could get to be able to boot normally as before. I have removed Ubuntu from this machine and am running it as a Vista-only machine again. EDIT: (2010/12/13, by Mayukh) I have tested all ubuntu >= 9.10 as they ship with grub2. I found the issue to occur 1. after updates (9.10, 10.04, 10.10) 2. without updates (10.04, 10.10) 3. even before it is fully installed! (10.10)