Problems with GRUB? (Re: I think we DESPERATLY need a grub/winXP newbie HowTo)

[Matt Zimmerman]

(please avoid cross-posting to multiple mailing lists)

On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 09:55:01PM +0100, Ben Edwards wrote:

> I have been hanging around the IRC channel a little bit as well as
> keeping an eye on the User List.  I am increasingly getting the idea
> doing a dual boot Ubuntu-WinXP install is a VERY bad idea.  I think it
> is something to do with the difference in which grub and windows
> addresses disk space - in lilo this was not a problem.
>
> This is a real problem because a lot of windows users wanting who want
> to try Ubuntu will try this and lose access to there Windows
> partition.    this is something that needs addressing - The headline
> 'Ubuntu trashed my Windows machine' send chills up my spine.

Installation problems of this type are not documentation issues; they are
bugs which need to be fixed.  What we need are people experienced with
bootloader issues who can help to debug these problems, because Ubuntu
developers are not able to reproduce them.

This is all intended to Just Work.  Here are the only valid bug reports I am
aware of which seem relevant:

https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532
https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1566

#1566 is believed to be fixed, but I think needs more confirmation.

#1532 is a bit of a mystery at the moment.  There isn't enough information
there to make a determination.  I suspect it may actually be the same bug.

-- 
 - mdz