[Bug 554843] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 1 Install Error

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Title:
  Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 1 Install Error

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: installation-guide-amd64

  HELP!!!

  Used "upgrade-manager -d" install of Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 beta 1
  (development branch) from Ubuntu Karic Koala 9.10 64-bit.  This was a
  couple days or so ago...

  During the install, it updated the Grub Boot menu... on all drives!!!
  The original grub menu was only on Main 1TB drive.  The original Grub
  menu handled a multi-boot system with WIN7 Pro 64-bit on "hd0,1",
  Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit on "hd0,2", Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit on
  "hd 1,1" and Windows Home Server 2003 on "hd2,1".  I also had Solaris
  10 64-bit on "hd3,1" and Open Solaris 64-bit on "hd4.1)  There is two
  lGrub option lines for the BIOS memory test...

  How it was originally setup, the Grub Menu was only in the MBR of the
  main drive.  I could either use the Grub Menu to boot another OS or
  use the BIOS to boot from one of the other drives, booting directly
  into that OS.  I upgraded Ubuntu from Ubuntu 9.10 terminal using
  "update-manager -d" as suggested in the web upgrade instructions.
  Luckily, I didn't have 2 (hd3 and hd4) of the hard drives connected
  when I upgraded!

  What I expected the Grub Menu "update" process to do was the update
  the original Grub menu in the MBR of hd0 for any specific changes
  needed to boot Ubuntu 10,04 beta1.  This is what the process did in
  Ubuntu 9.10.

  This is what happened instead- The process not only updated the Grub
  Menu on the main drive (0), but over-wrote the MBR's of drive 1 and 2-
  adding a duplicated grub menu to each.  Now, nothing will boot except
  for Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 beta1 (development branch) and it's variants.
  Summary= Win7, Windows Vista and Windows Home Server will not boot.
  Additionally, now I cannot boot fthrough the BIOS to the native mbr's
  on drives 1 and 2 as it hits the duplicated Grub menu's.  Did not try
  the BIOS Memory test, because it is inprobable that that option was
  affected.

  I need to get back to where I can multi-boot the other OS'es.  Again,
  since drives 3 and 4 were not attached, they where not affected.
  (Need help or ideas on this...)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-18.27-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-18-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  CheckboxSubmission: 99f861c19a974aaa69bd86398a3a7663
  CheckboxSystem: edda5d4f616ca792bf437989cb597002
  Date: Sat Apr  3 12:54:14 2010
  FirefoxPackages:
   firefox 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
   firefox-gnome-support 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
   firefox-branding 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6
   abroswer N/A
   abrowser-branding N/A
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: firefox

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