Ubuntu
ubiquity package

Installer doens't remove grub

Bug #466229 reported by ubuntolo
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: live-installer

Hi, I've got a machine with both Windows XP and Ubuntu 9.04 installed. I decided to upgrade to 9.10 and to get rid of Windws completely, so I checked the "use whole space disk" option on the installer. Something went wrong, because after rebooting GRUB gave me some error messages (first time it tolds me that it can't load the partitions informations, and after cleaning the partitions with Gparted and doing again the install process it prompted me with a menu, but it doesn't load the OS in any case).
I'm trying again now, deleting the MBR and doing everything another time, but for a first time user it would be a nightmare experience.
Best regards

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ubuntolo (ovitaerc) wrote :

Well, it seems that the problem is related to the default allocation of partitions created if the BIOS is not 48-bit LBA capable and the HD is big enough.
For me the solution was setting up a small primary partition at the drive beginning and mounting it as /boot, then using an extended partition and creating swap and / logical partitions inside it.
Regards

Cody A.W. Somerville (cody-somerville)
affects: live-installer (Ubuntu) → ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once:
apport-collect 466229

and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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