[Bug 196075] Re: Hanging ntfs-mounts leave system unbootable when install is cancelled
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Sat Jan 7 04:17:57 UTC 2012
[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
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Status: Incomplete => Expired
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Title:
Hanging ntfs-mounts leave system unbootable when install is cancelled
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
Expired
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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