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Comment on sh:grub Fix Wubi after grub-pc update on Karmic Koala by divya kesharwani

divya kesharwani — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:58:56 +0000

Thanks a lot man.. this worked pretty well.

you are awesome.

Comment on Finally fixing Wubi! by Leslie Katz

Leslie Katz — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:09:58 +0000

Omar,

I’m using 10.04 via Wubi. Contrary to the previous poster’s experience, this grub2 updating bizo was driving me mad. I decided to revert to legacy grub. I uninstalled grub2 and installed legacy grub according to instructions I found on the Ubuntu site. However, I was stumped when running grub-install at the question as to the device on which to install grub. I tried /dev/sda1, but got a message like /dev/loop0 has no BIOS device.

What device name, I wonder, should one be using if one’s running Ubuntu via Wubi?

Since I couldn’t figure it out, I took a chance at that point and reinstalled grub2. When I was asked for the number of the partition on my single hard disk on which to install grub2, I said to proceed without doing that. Then, when I rebooted, I chose Ubuntu and everything worked as normal.

Could the simplest solution to this problem be that, when one is invited to update grub2, one declines, uninstalls the exiting version of grub2 and installs the new version of grub2?

Comment on About Omar by Robert Mijango

Robert Mijango — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:56:50 +0000

Hi Omar,
this is your cousin Roberto in San Francisco. I posted a couple of pictures of you and Rachel from the early 80′s in FaceBook.
I’ve seen your posting on YouTube in the past. I’ve never done much until now with FB. Look me up.
Say hi to your mom and dad and brothers.
Saludos,
Roberto

Comment on About Omar by Hilary Bishop

Hilary Bishop — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:14:07 +0000

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Comment on Finally fixing Wubi! by Roy

Roy — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:27:06 +0000

Omar,

From my experience, the problem is solved with wubi 10.04 install. I’ve done three systems now and no issues whatsoever using the update manager. And it did step the kernel at least once.

Can anyone else confirm this?

Comment on sh:grub Fix Wubi after grub-pc update on Karmic Koala by Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 05:06:17 +0000

This problem seems to be solved in 10.04 LTS (the latest wubi install).

Just did an apt-get upgrade on a fresh install, saw grub try to update, and pre-emptively did a search for “wubi grub apt get blacklist” to try to blacklist a grub update. Stumbled across this site, wrote down what you said, and rebooted after a full upgrade. Ended up not needing it.

Unfortunately a regular user would not have been able to recognize possible bootloader problems with a grub update under wubi. Unfortunately for end users, ubuntu attempts to update everything (which includes joe blows application3 that you installed and he didn’t test upgrade path before releasing a new version), where windows really only updates core services and leaves it up to the user to update their various software packages. Still, the only scenario which may leave you unable to boot to a GUI in a standard (ie: not wubi) ubuntu install is related to kernel upgrades making your video card drivers not work.

Comment on sh:grub Fix Wubi after grub-pc update on Karmic Koala by sh:grub Fix Wubi after grub-pc update on Karmic Koala » Mike Beach

sh:grub Fix Wubi after grub-pc update on Karmic Koala » Mike Beach — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:14:51 +0000

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Comment on Finally fixing Wubi! by Dan

Dan — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:56:13 +0000

Thanks for this. It seems like I run into these issues that keep Linux from booting from time to time. Sometimes I figure it out myself..usually I just search and am lucky enough to find someone else who has solved the problem and been kind enough to document the solution (as in this case).

I’m not about to stop using Linux any time soon, but I can see where things like this are going to keep Linux from ever going mainstream. That’s too bad.

Anyway, I’ve added your blog to my RSS feeds in Feed Demon. Thanks again!

Comment on Finally fixing Wubi! by Toto Leung

Toto Leung — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:29:11 +0000

Well, I still have the problem after replacing the wubildr file in windows C:\. When i chose to edit the command in grub, i found it that it showed hd(0,1). Actually my windows C:\ is in hd(0,5), do it related to the problem?

Comment on Finally fixing Wubi! by Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:22:02 +0000

Thanks so much!!! I’m just a normal person who was so fed up with Windows that I chose to try Ubuntu. Seems like it takes more of a geek to really be able to work with open-source software, but I’ll keep trying.
Took me 2 days and 3 nights to find this post, but the solution couldn’t have been more simple – thank you!
S