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 before trying a grub-install? On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Loïc Minier <l...@dooz.org> wrote: > @John Dong: I suspect one needs to upgrade from karmic to reproduce > though > > -- > latest grub2 renders gpt based system unbootable > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576662 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > 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 recent Apple hardware). The gpt partitions > support by grub is more recent than the support for the bios. Bootcamp is > installed on the hardware and provides a choice to boot either Linux or > Macosx. > > steps: > > 1. aptitude update && aptitude upgrade > 2. watch the console output, notice a capital warning about grub2 being > unreliable on gpt partition (i know it is vague) > 3. reboot the machine > 4. watch the bootcamp menu > 5. click on the linux > > The result expected is the grub menu, but the bootcamp menu stays on, and it > is frozen. > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/576662/+subscribe > -- latest grub2 renders gpt based system unbootable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576662 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
