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From http://www.omaregan.com/?p=583 :
A few weeks ago, Ubuntu updated the grub-pc package to version 2.0, and if you use the Update Manager regularly, chances are it will be automatically downloaded and installed on your computer. Here’s the trouble: It WILL break your Wubi installation! Luckily there’s a fix for it, although it took me a while to find it on the Ubuntu forums. Here I’ve tried to summarize it for you:
The fix:
When you boot and select Ubuntu from the menu, instead of booting Ubuntu (if you are having the problem) you will be confronted by a text prompt like this one:
sh:grub>
To boot back into your existing installation of Ubuntu you will need to type the following commands:
sh:grub> linux /boot/vmlinuz-(Your version of the kernel) root=/dev/(Your Windows partition) loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro
sh:grub> initrd /boot/initrd.img-(Your version of the kernel)
sh:grub> boot
Quick-tip: The new version of grub features auto-complete (very much like bash does). So, if you are not sure which version of the kernel you have, just use the TAB key when you get to the (Your version of the kernel) part of the command, and it should auto-complete with the files it finds in that directory.
When you get to the part about (Your Windows partition), this will usually be “sda1″ or “sda2″. However your mileage may vary depending on how many drives and partitions your computer has, and where you decided to install Ubuntu when you installed it the 1st time. To find out how many partitions you have, use:
sh:grub> ls -l
This will list all the partitions it can find in this format: hd(0,1), hd(0,2), etc. The first number is the physical disk. The second number stands for the partition number. Hence:
- hd(0,1) = /dev/sda1
- hd(0,2) = /dev/sda2
- hd(1,1) = /dev/sdb1
- hd(2,1) = /dev/sdc1
- and so on…
If you can’t boot into your Ubuntu installation with /dev/sda1, try the other partitions that you found with the ls -l command. One of them HAS to be it! Try “root=/dev/sda1″ first, if it doesn’t work, try again but iterate your way up… “root=/dev/sda2″, etc.
After you type in the ” boot” command, Ubuntu should start to load and you should be greeted by your desktop, in full working order. BUT, we’re not done yet: we still have to fix grub so that you don’t have to type in those commands every time you want to boot into your system.
Open your Synaptic Package Manager, found on the Gnome-Panel menu under: System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager. In the “Quick search” field, type in grub-pc. You should now be confronted with a list of packages. Focus on grub-pc, which should have an Ubuntu logo and a green square next to it. Right click on it, and select “Mark for Reinstallation”. Then click on the big green checkmark (Apply). After it has finished reinstalling that package, your troubles should be over, and your Wubi installation should be back to normal. Try a reboot, just to make sure it has all worked properly!
One of the issues I ran into on my friends install of Wubi that had gotten fubared by this (and hence me finding and reposting this) is that with the Ubuntu kernel *-16-* it still wouldn’t boot. I had to use the *-14-* kernel.
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