Packages automatically uninstalling?

[Victor Mendonça]

Looks like it might be a bug. Found one issue related to an older version of the alternate CD, which was fixed; and another that is still being looked at:

Alternate CD
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/256989

Other issue (still open)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/253323

 
Victor Mendonça
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----- Original Message ----
From: Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>
To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:24:12 PM
Subject: Re: Packages automatically uninstalling?

Thanx Victor (and Arthur).  Seems odd not to include it.  Partition editing is such a 
fundamental task.  I used to keep a Debian diskette around just so I could use cfdisk on 
Windows computers. gparted is nicer, but doesn't seem as powerful.

But what happened to GRUB?  I selected the "Install" option from the live CD, and 
everything seemed to install smoothly except for the boot loader.  Shouldn't GRUB be 
installed by default?

--Bob.

On 11 Nov 2008 at 7:30, Victor Mendonça wrote:

>Hey Bob,
>
>For the second question, I think gparted was not added by default
>since 8.04 (or 7.10). It's in the live CD, but not present after
>installed. 
>
>However someone might correct me on that!
>
>
>Victor Mendonça
>IT Worker - Linux enthusiast
>http://wazem.org/
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>
>To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
>Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:56:51 AM
>Subject: Packages automatically uninstalling?
>
>Hi all:  I've just put Ubuntu 8.10 on a new (to me) computer, and had
>a bit of problem with GRUB. Using GPARTED I managed to set the correct
>bootable partition (sda1, to be mounted as /boot, with sda2 as /),
>then running off the live CD I managed to get GRUB on the bootable
>partition.  
>
>It took many attempts to get GRUB to actually load Ubuntu.  I found I
>had to perform the GRUB incantations manually:
>
>  root (hd0,0)
>  kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=/dev/sda2
>  initrd /initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
>  boot
>
>This properly loaded Ubuntu, loaded X, and everything was good. 
>Wouldn't work automatically, even with a proper menu.lst file.
>
>I finally ran Synaptic, and found that GRUB had not been installed. 
>Q: Why not?
>
>Once GRUB was installed I copied the STAGE files  &c. to /boot/grub,
>and ran the 'install- grub' script.  Everything now works (but no
>splashimage).
>
>The computer has only 512 MBytes memory, so I gave it a 1 GByte swap
>partition.  It has a snappy ATI graphics card, so I'm running
>Compiz/Fusion and I've spent most of the day spinning the cube.  What
>fun!  
>
>With four applications on four sides of the cube it's awfully slow to
>switch between applications.  I thought it might need a larger swap
>partition and tried to find GPARTED in the menus.  Not there.  
>
>Looking at Synaptic again, I find GPARTED is no longer installed.  Q:
>Why not?  Is it not installed by default?  Was I running it off the
>live CD without realizing it?
>
>--Bob.
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