Ubuntu
grub-installer package

Grub insists on ruining windows installs and crashes if i try to force it to install where it belongs

Bug #944983 reported by Dennis Jakobsen
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This bug affects 2 people
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grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Grub insists on ruining windows installs and crashes if i try to force it to install it where it belongs..

It will happily install on any device with windows and ruin my windows installation and fail to load itself..

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.9.23
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.305
Date: Fri Mar 2 18:30:11 2012
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=unknown
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Dennis Jakobsen (brunis-gmail) wrote :
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Dennis Jakobsen (brunis-gmail) wrote :

running it manually after the installer crashes yields this:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo grub-install /dev/sdb1
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for /boot/grub (is /dev mounted?).

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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