I've noticed cases where grub is being installed to windows partitions again. Not sure if related to the current wubi probs but thought I'd mention it. It's a little different than the old one that used to refer to partition #256. e.g. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1603958
Extracts from bootinfoscript (fyi /dev/sda is a USB stick):
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks on the same drive in
partition #5 for /boot/grub.
...
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Grub 2
Boot sector info: Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sdb5 and looks at sector 296660197 of the same hard drive for core.img, but core.img can not be found at this location. According to the info in the boot sector, sdb5 starts at sector 63.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /ubuntu/winboot/wubildr.mbr /ubuntu/winboot/wubildr /ubuntu/disks/root.disk /ubuntu/disks/swap.disk /boot/grub/core.img
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: Grub 2
Boot sector info: Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sdb5/Wubi and looks at sector 21424016 of the same hard drive for core.img, but core.img can not be found at this location.
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img
@colin,
I've noticed cases where grub is being installed to windows partitions again. Not sure if related to the current wubi probs but thought I'd mention it. It's a little different than the old one that used to refer to partition #256. e.g. http:// ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?t=1603958
Extracts from bootinfoscript (fyi /dev/sda is a USB stick):
=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks on the same drive in
partition #5 for /boot/grub.
...
sdb5: _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ___
File system: ntfs
looks at sector 296660197 of the same hard drive for
core. img, but core.img can not be found at this
location. According to the info in the boot sector,
sdb5 starts at sector 63. winboot/ wubildr. mbr /ubuntu/ winboot/ wubildr
/ubuntu/ disks/root. disk /ubuntu/ disks/swap. disk
/boot/ grub/core. img
Boot sector type: Grub 2
Boot sector info: Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sdb5 and
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /ubuntu/
sdb5/Wubi: _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ ___
File system: ext4
and looks at sector 21424016 of the same hard drive
for core.img, but core.img can not be found at this
location.
Boot sector type: Grub 2
Boot sector info: Grub 2 is installed in the boot sector of sdb5/Wubi
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.10
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img