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

[Ben Edwards]

Would it not be a good idea to have a document to help people not have
this problem and recover if they do - that is until the problem is
fixed.

Also I think a newbe dual-boot document would be good.  This is what a
lot of windows/other distro users will be doing and even without the
grub bug (sound kind o cute) it is still something great care needs to
be taken when doing.

Ben

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:31:33 -0700, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at canonical.com> wrote:
> (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.
> 
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