Comment 50 for bug 610898
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| bcbc (bcbc) wrote Re: [Bug 610898] Re: grub-pc upgrade renders computer unbootable when Wubi is installed to partition other than Windows | #50 |
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Only ext4 as far as I know - it hangs when it tries to read them (hard
reboot required). This only affects users whose Ubuntu partition is prior to
window e.g. /dev/sda1 = ext4. Most Windows users have windows on /dev/sda1
or /dev/sda2. But this is not always the case. And if you install Wubi to an
external or logical drive it increases the likelihood that an ext4 could be
encountered.
I think a version of grub4dos that is later than the one wubi users (2007?)
should be able to read ext4 fine.
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Colin Watson <email address hidden> wrote:
> ext4: Thanks. I'll see if I can add this to my tests. Is it only ext4,
> or ext3 as well? And does anyone actually care about wubildr.mbr being
> able to read data from an ext[234] filesystem? I suspect that the
> easiest fix may be to disable ext[234] support in wubildr.mbr
> altogether.
>
> (While I do want to replace grub4dos with grub2 ntldr-img, this is too
> invasive for a change to lucid/maverick, so I'll need to figure out a
> small patch to grub4dos for this anyway.)
>
>