Why is Ubuntu stupid?
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Topic: Why is Ubuntu stupid?
Posted By: TheCaptain
Subject: Why is Ubuntu stupid?
Date Posted: June 04 2009 at 00:19
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So a few months ago I installed Ubuntu on my laptop which was running Vista. I did this in order to dual-boot. While I liked Ubuntu just fine, I gave it too much space (25GB) from my already meager harddrive of ~140 GB. I finally got to the point where I need that space on the Windows partition. I got this program to repartition the HDD and that worked just fine. It deleted the Linux partition and gave all that space to Windows. Then I tried to start my computer and I get a message saying there's "Error 22" in the GRUB stage 1.5. Of course I turn to the marvelous internet to find out what's wrong. Apparently when I installed Ubuntu, Linux took the Windows boot command and moved it into the Linux partition. So when I deleted that partition I also deleted the Windows boot command. So, my question is: Why is Ubuntu stupid? Why would it move the command for partition A into partition B? While this is 99% venting, I'd still like to know why it did what it did.
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Posted By: cobb2
Date Posted: June 04 2009 at 03:09
| grub actually goes into a small linux boot partition section, which is why it was still there when you deleted the ubuntu main partition. Did you get windows to start? If not try booting from the Vista CD and doing a repair. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: June 04 2009 at 10:49
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I think the main problem is that the Windows boot loader won't recognize non FAT/NTFS partitions so Ubuntu installs GRUB on the MBR so that you can dual-boot. Theoretically GRUB should not have had an error, although you might have had to alter menu.lst to make it work right - it should be able to work even if the only bootable partition it sees is Windows. The alternative to deleting the parrtition and re-partitioning would have been to reformat the partition as NTFS, although I can see why one might not care for that. It is a bit stupid, but the problem is I can't think of any good solutions. I know for those who have a curiosity about Ubuntu and don't want to committ HD, there's a way to basically run Ubuntu as an app from Windows, virtualizing it if you will. When you want to get rid of Ubuntu you just delete the virtual file/folder. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: June 04 2009 at 11:38
I recently tried to install Ubuntu and made the mistake to use the
partition software that came with it, which completely messed up my
hard drive.  (Yes, I used the guided partition, not the manual one.) I thought Linux was supposed to be stable and not do anything weird by itself, but I guess that doesn't apply to the installer. Anyway, now I'm back to XP, at least until I come by a Linux distribution that even a n00b like me can get to work. 
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Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: June 05 2009 at 11:36
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It eventually all worked out. I couldn't find my Vista disc so I had to borrow a friend's to repair Windows. It didn't take too long but it was a hassle.
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