OK, thank you for following up, I will close this bug. For future
reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the
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Thank you for your enquiry.
Yes, I have installed the latest Ubuntu release. No, I haven't had a
recurrence of this issue myself. I have learnt my lesson.
I reported an installer issue so it was not likely to recur once I
actually managed to install your distribution.
I accept Colin Watson's
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue
for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.
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Gutsy Install Re
Colin,
I accept your assurance. I did seem strange to me that the installer
should change Windows in any way whatsoever.
However, after the first two installation attempts, grub chained to the
Windows boot loader which then failed to boot from the correct partition
whereas after the third att
I am absolutely certain that the installer does not change Windows'
boot.ini. If that file is being changed, then Windows is doing it
itself.
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Gutsy Install Rewrites W2k boot.ini Incorrectly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178483
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Hi Evan,
I was trying to install Kubuntu 7.10 using the Alternate CD. The
instructions on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage told me to
attribute the bug to the debian-installer. My apologies if this
attribution is inappropriate. I am no expert but my first guess would
not be gru
The installer does not write to the boot.ini file. Are you sure your
boot.ini changed between when you started then installer and it
finished?
** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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Gutsy Install Rewrites W2k boot.ini Incorrectly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/
** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: None => debian-installer
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Gutsy Install Rewrites W2k boot.ini Incorrectly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/178483
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Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu.
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ubun
I have more information.
The third attempt at installation did not rewrite boot.ini on the W2K
partition.
On the first two installation attempts I destroyed and recreated primary
partitions 0 and 2.
On the third installation attempt I simply deleted their contents.
Perhaps this is significant.
