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grub2 package

Windows XP boot.ini deleted by Ubuntu update

Bug #923374 reported by YannUbuntu
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grub2 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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update-manager (Ubuntu)
Invalid
High
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Bug Description

Dual-boot Ubuntu 11.10 / Windows XP

A French user reported the following bug on ubuntu-fr forum (http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=7889101#p7889101) : his Windows XP boot.ini was deleted twice by 2 Ubuntu updates. More details below:

- After Ubuntu update on 21st Jan 2012, XP's boot.ini file has been deleted. (Boot-Info Summary: http://paste.ubuntu.com/812127 ).
Consequency: after reboot, boot on XP bacame impossible.
Workaround: regenerating a boot.ini file solved the problem.

- After Ubuntu update on 29th Jan 2012 (including 3.0.0-15 kernel), XP's boot.ini file was deleted again. (summary: http://paste.ubuntu.com/821120 )
Consequency: same
Workaround: same

Remark: I personnaly also have a XP / 11.10 dualboot but didn't reproduced the bug.

Remark2: we can observe that in 2nd case os-prober detected XP despite the missing boot.ini file.

See original description
YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)
description: updated
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

There really isn't enough information to proceed here. We need to know which packages were installed as a part of the update process to determine what went wrong. The files /var/log/apt/term.log and /var/log/apt/history.log would both help here.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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YannUbuntu (yannubuntu) wrote :

Here are the 2 files. thanks

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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Rajiv Shah (rajivshah3) wrote :

I was able to download the file, but when I opened it there was nothing there. Could you try and send the log files by themselves?

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

I don't know what you did wrong Rajiv, but I can read the log files just fine. Unfortunately they do not show that grub was updated on that day. As Brain said, there isn't enough information to proceed here. We would need to know how to reproduce this to continue.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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