[Bug 196075] Re: Hanging ntfs-mounts leave system unbootable when install is cancelled

Shimi Chen 196075 at bugs.launchpad.net
Mon Nov 7 14:35:16 UTC 2011


Is this still relevant on a currently supported version of Ubuntu?

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Hanging ntfs-mounts leave system unbootable when install is cancelled

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Using Ubuntu 7.10 desktop amd64 cd-image downloaded from website
  2008/02/26.

  I was trying to install from within the started live-cd session, using
  the install button on the desktop.

  The installer hang (note: this is not the actual bug i am talking
  about) after copying the files in the attempt of obviously (as
  reported by df) mounting several existing ntfs partitions from my
  drives into one mounting point (/var/lib/os-prober/mount) for whatever
  reason (looks like some known issues in mount.ntfs-3g 1.913...). After
  some hours of waiting and realizing nothing at all went on i cancelled
  the install.

  When giving up, and trying to reboot into my existing windows installation, the system was unbootable. It only said "Grub stage 1.5" "Error 5".
  I had to (partially) reinstall windows.

  A serious installation CANNOT shoot an existing MBR and/or bootloader before *knowing* that the new ones *will* work.
  If the installer, or the mounting instances, are confused by drives/partitions/whatever for whatever reasons, there is no reason to assume that grub will reliably work. And since there were no files like grub.conf or menu.lst in /boot, it cannot work at all, AFAICT.

  I consider this a serious mistake in the design of the installation
  procedure, and a reason not to trust ubuntu at all, until this flaw is
  obviously made impossible.

  Sorry for ranting.

  Arno Waschk

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