[Bug 576662] Re: latest grub2 renders gpt based system unbootable

2010-05-10 Thread Jean Daniel Browne
Marked the bug as invalid (I am the original reporter). I can't reproduce the problem again. After a day, the system rebooted fine. I am performing different tests (smartctl tests) on the hard drive. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- latest grub2 renders gpt based sy

Re: [Bug 576662] Re: latest grub2 renders gpt based system unbootable

2010-05-07 Thread Jean Daniel Browne
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 2:44 AM, Colin Watson wrote: > If the message you are seeing is "This GPT partition label has no BIOS > Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible!", then see > http://grub.enbug.org/BIOS_Boot_Partition During the upgrade, I also read "When GRUB can't be embedded, its only

Re: [Bug 576662] Re: latest grub2 renders gpt based system unbootable

2010-05-06 Thread Jean Daniel Browne
What strikes me here is the clear warning message about the unreliability of grub related to the gpt partition, that could be seen on the aptitude console. As if the pre or post install scripts had detected something fishy. What happened there? If boot from a usb drive, how can I redo this test be

[Bug 576662] [NEW] latest grub2 renders gpt based system unbootable

2010-05-06 Thread Jean Daniel Browne
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: grub2 system version : upgraded form Karmic to beta Lucid then regurlarly updated package version: unknown (system unbootable at this time ...) The hardware is an Apple Macbook computer with gpt partitions instead of a bios boot partitions (all the recen

[Bug 348984] [NEW] broken keymap, missing characters

2009-03-26 Thread Jean Daniel Browne
Public bug reported: ubuntu release : jaunty alpha6 kvm : 1:84+dfsg-0ubuntu8 libgtk-vnc-1.0-0 : 0.3.8-2ubuntu2 virt-viewer: 0.0.3-6ubuntu7 To reproduce the problem on a rfesh install of jaunty alpha6 host with host keyboard configured as french : 1. virt-install -n jaunty -f jaunty.img -s 1 -r

[Bug 203020] Re: virsh attach-disk doesn't work

2009-03-25 Thread Jean Daniel Browne
I can confirm the attach-device command does not work. When attaching a file as a disk to the guest when the guest is active, virsh answers an error message 'cannot be hotplugged'. When attaching a file when thee guest is inactive, virsh answers 'cannot attach device on inactive domain'. Here is

[Bug 185598] Re: libvirt fails work if virbr0 exists when it is started

2009-03-24 Thread Jean Daniel Browne
The default network is set to be autostarted but the start fails. The libvirt-bin package tries to install a NAT network, is it desirable considering the fact that many users will use a physical shared device in a bridged configuration and will have to deconfigure this default network? The default