[Bug 1065975] Re: Installing grub to MBR interferes with Windows 7 upgrades

sayth 1065975 at bugs.launchpad.net
Sat Dec 1 00:32:01 UTC 2012


That's an amusing take on reality. Really I would say more but your failing
of logic is making me laugh to much.


On Saturday, December 1, 2012, Phillip Susi wrote:

> If windows has a problem with grub being in the MBR, that is  a bug in
> Windows, not GRUB.
>
>
> ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Invalid
>
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> Title:
>   Installing grub to MBR interferes with Windows 7 upgrades
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>   Invalid
> Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
>   Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>   If you manually parition your hard drive on a dual boot computer in a
>   manner such as
>
>   /dev/sda1 - windows files(os)
>   /dev/sda2 - windows
>   /dev/sda3 - windows
>   /dev/sda4 extended partition
>   /dev/sda5 linux swap
>   /dev/sda6 ext4 /boot
>   /dev/sda6 ext4 /
>   /dev/sda7 ext4 /home
>
>   The you install ubuntu and choose to install grub to /boot rather than
>   sda (MBR) the ubuntu install fails to find grub and boot after the
>   installation completes.
>
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Title:
  Installing grub to MBR interferes with Windows 7 upgrades

Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  If you manually parition your hard drive on a dual boot computer in a
  manner such as

  /dev/sda1 - windows files(os)
  /dev/sda2 - windows
  /dev/sda3 - windows
  /dev/sda4 extended partition
  /dev/sda5 linux swap
  /dev/sda6 ext4 /boot
  /dev/sda6 ext4 /
  /dev/sda7 ext4 /home

  The you install ubuntu and choose to install grub to /boot rather than
  sda (MBR) the ubuntu install fails to find grub and boot after the
  installation completes.

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