Ubuntu :: Could Not Boot Into Wubi
May 16, 2011
Alright, I've had Wubi running on my Windows 7 PC for a few months now and it's great. I had given Wubi 5GB of space when I installed. After using it for some time, I decided I wanted some more space for my Wubi install. I looked up how to do it and came across a few options. The one I chose is this one: "Download wubi-add-virtual-disk, open a terminal and run: Code: sudo sh wubi-add-virtual-disk /home 15000
Where the first argument is the directory to move to a new dedicated disk, and the second argument is the size in MB. You should now reboot. If you are happy with the result, you can now remove /home.backup. To undo the changes remove /home, copy rename /home.backup to /home and remove the /home line in /etc/fstab."
The only problem - after I rebooted, I could not boot into Wubi. It has an error when I try, but it goes away too quickly for me to read, then it just restarts my computer. How can I fix this without having to reinstall Wubi completely? I'm willing to reinstall if it's the absolute only option, but I'm willing to try anything to get it working again. Oh, and I found another way to change the space, so no worries about that. I just have to get back into Wubi to do it...
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Feb 24, 2011
So yeah I want to transfer my system to the real Ubuntu. Problem is I can't boot into my Wubi Ubuntu cause I lost boot.
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Jan 7, 2010
We have a computer lab at school that ITS is trying to get ready before the semester starts. ITS is willing to put a wubi install on all the windows 7 machines in the lab after some faculty asked for a linux option. However they don't really support linux and basically need our help if any problems arise. After getting one machine to boot up nicely they used symantec ghost to make an image and put it on all the machines (I don't know the details on this but this is what I gather). However, no machine will boot into Ubuntu 9.10 unless one edits the boot options upon choosing Ubuntu from the windows 7 bootloader. I suspect there is a subtle problem that lies from ghosting the one machine.
Code:
root=/dev/sdb2
to
[code]....
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Nov 27, 2010
I wanted to install ubuntu via wubi, but i had to format my partitions (can't do it on wubi ) so i used a crappy program(i don't remember the name) to get rid of Backtrack4 , because i wanted windows kept for my mom.So, that was the sorry, i've ended up with a GRUB error 22, and a Backtrack4 CD stuck in my DVD-rom.So my question is: Can somewone tell me how to fix error 22? (i've seen some methods online, but i obviously can't put a Windows CD in my DVD rom because the Backtrack4 DVD is stuck in there.
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Jul 27, 2010
I am running Ubuntu 9.10 with Windows XP, installed from the live CD via WUBI. I believe that GRUB is 1.97~.
Everyting was working just fine until after applying some of the upgrades in the upgrade manager; now Ubuntu will not boot. Instead, it starts up the GRUB console with an error message saying that it can't find the kernel.
If you type ls, you see the following:
Code:
>ls
(loop0) (hd0) (hd0,1)
(loop0) is the Ubuntu loopback drive, (hd0,1) is the Windows drive (the real hard drive) and they are intact. I am able to set the root to (loop0) and you can see the files. But the hard drive and the loopback drive do not appear in /dev, so you can't mount them. To be precise, there are no devices beginning with "sd" listed in /dev.
I am able to boot the computer from the live CD, which automatically mounts the hard drive; from the live CD, I can mount the loopback drive thus.
Code:
> sudo mkdir /media/wubi
> sudo mount -o loop /media/8834C7D034C7C004/ubuntu/disks/root.disk /media/wubi
So they are not broken.
How can I make the drives appear in /dev when booting from GRUB?
(BTW, Windows XP broke during an upgrade a month ago, and it won't boot, either. I will try to fix that now that I have saved my files from the computer through Ubuntu.)
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Sep 1, 2010
I have recently discovered ubuntu and like it's elegance and simplicity and want to learn more about it "hands on". To this end I have tried to put it on one of my PC's running the Vista SP2 OS...When i try to install it with the CD the drive spins up then starts "hunting"..next the PC shuts down..black screen monitor.no KB or Mouse..the monitor flashes a box saying "power saving mode" then all is dead except for the power button being lit..I have to manually turn the PC off to recover...Next i did a D/L of wubi and rebooted as advised.Selected ubuntu on the BIOS and had the same final result as B4 with the CD. I have D/L and burned 2 CD's, one with my XP machine and the other with the Vista machine..Both CD's work as advertised on my XP machine (i did the "live" install) but not the Vista. The Vista machine is an HP with: AMD Athlon 64x2 3800+ CPU..3 GB of RAM..250 GB HDD. I do not like Vista ( i inherited the machine) it's a pain in the posterior. IMHO ubuntu and it's ilk are the way to go and i intend to do just that one way or the other.
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Dec 5, 2010
I have been running Ubuntu (Wubi) for about 2 - 3 months now and it has been flawless.
I start up the computer. I get the choice to book windows 7 or Ubuntu I choose Ubuntu and then I get the list of boot installers to choose from and it is play time.
Today when I went to get onto my Ubuntu install, I got the first window asking if I want Windows or Ubuntu and when I chose Ubuntu, rather than going to the Grub boot menu, the laptop would just restart and go back to the first window asking if I wanted windows 7 or Ubuntu.
It seems the Grub boot files are gone. Now I have read that the fix for this is to use a live disk of Ubuntu to reinstall Grub2 BUT it is my impression the Wubi does not install Ubuntu "normally"
Can I rescue Grub using a live disk as if ubuntu was installed directly yo a partition from a regular ISO or is there another way to do it if it was installed by Wubi?
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May 23, 2011
I'm a bit of an Ubuntu virgin. Well, I've had a dabble in Ubuntu before and it was enjoyable, though I panicked when I accidently deleted the bootloader for Windows so I decided to get rid of Ubuntu. Which comes to my next point. [EDIT] When I deleted the bootloader, I used a Windows 7 Recovery CD which got me back on to the OS - which I think messed up the Ubuntu part of the bootloader [/EDIT] I've currently tried to install Wubi 5 times now - I've created a dedicated partition of 20gb for it as well. Now it downloads Ubuntu and installs it correctly (from what I can see) but when I come to select Ubuntu on start up (the option IS there).. I get a this black screen:
Quote: [URL] And unfortunately I don't know what to do afterwards. Is there any chance of someone knowing what to do with this? I've read many forums and I don't usually come on to a forum to actually ask for help - but it's time, I want to use Ubuntu! I've always wanted Ubuntu as my main OS.
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Jan 7, 2010
I installed Xubuntu 9.10 with Wubi and it worked fine until a recent kernel update broke my install. I uninstalled through Windows and reinstalled Xubuntu 9.10 with Wubi with no apparent problems.When I look in C:ubuntudisks, root.disk, swap.disk, and the boot folder are both present. The C:ubuntudisksootgrub folder is empty; I don't know whether or not it should be that way.But when my computer starts, it just boots Windows Vista without displaying the menu asking me to select my OS.
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Oct 17, 2010
i install ubuntu though wubi and it worked kind of. It asked me to restart at the end so i did and when it was startaing up it didnt show the option to boot into ubuntu.
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Dec 28, 2010
I have a Toshiba laptop with windows 7. I installed wubi and all worked fine until I ran some ubuntu updates. Now the computer will not boot, what comes up is error: no such device: f53e513e-bfa0-4126-ab5c-8f7777505812. grub rescue> Is returns unknown command set returns prefix=(hd0)/boot/grub root=hd0
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Apr 23, 2011
i tried to install xubuntu on my desktop using wubi..it instaled and everything when i tired to boot xubuntu it said
Code:
Gave up waiting for root device. Common Problems:
-Check rootdelay=(did the system wait long enough?)
-Check root=(did the system wait for the right device?)
-Missing Modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev
ALERT! /dev/sdb3 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
okay now when i try to boot window$ vi$ta and re Install WUBI window$ cant boot either
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Jul 27, 2011
I just reinstalled Ubuntu from the LiveCD onto my second HDD because that was my intent originally, and I very much disliked having to choose my OS a second time before finally booting into Ubuntu.
Is there any way for me to turn these separate installations (Win7 on my first HDD, Ubuntu on my second HDD) into a nice dual boot system without reinstalling Ubuntu or am I going to have to reinstall Ubuntu?
If I do have to reinstall Ubuntu, do I tell the partition manager to load the boot loaders from Ubuntu onto the Windows drive, or do I tell it to load them onto the 100MB windows system partition? I currently just put the entire installation onto my second HDD, and then lost my dual boot option. Now I have to switch first boot device in BIOS to switch between operating systems.
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May 10, 2011
I had Maverick installed and it was running nicely. I decided to upgrade to Natty Narwhal using the update manager. After doing that, Natty Narwhal wouldn't boot. I don't remember what the errors were. I decided to uninstall the wubi installation of Natty Narwhal and start over again. When I tried to install Natty Narwhal, I got the option to boot into Ubuntu, but when I did, I got the following errors:
Try (hd 0,0):NTFS5:no wubildr
Try (hd 0,1):NTFS5:no wubildr
Try (hd 0,2):NTFS5:no wubildr
Try (hd 0,3):invalid or null
Cannot Find GRLDR
Then it goes back to the boot screen. I'm trying to install with wubi on Windows 7. The upgrade must have messed something up, but you'd think it would be wiped out after uninstalling. Oh, yeah, I tried to install Linux Mint with mint4win and got similar errors. Anything I can do about this?
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Nov 12, 2010
After clicking on wubi.exe nothing happens. Wubi does not start at all.Windows XP, SP3.
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Jan 14, 2010
I've installed Ubuntu 9.10 approx 1 week ago and it's been fine. Last night, Ubuntu froze while I was running several programs. I wasn't sure how to pull up any type of 'task manager' and the mouse didn't move so after several minutes I was forced to hard reboot the computer. Grub starts and allows me to select Ubuntu but won't get past the log-in screen (allows me to log-in but freezes immediately after hitting enter). I started the recovery mode and the errors show what I believe to be sector errors (?)Do I need to run a 'chkdsk' from Windows or re-install Ubuntu? If deleting/un-installing Ubuntu (through Wubi) is necessary, is this a problem directly related to Wubi (i.e. is a clean install on a seperate partition better than installing through Wubi)?
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Apr 13, 2010
I am dual booting win7 and Ubuntu 9.10 with wubi.
-If I don't select ubuntu, it will boot into win7.
I want to change it so I can go into ubuntu after 30SEC so I don't have to always select it.
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May 27, 2010
I am using WUBI to run ubuntu.I upgraded to 10.04 from ubuntu 9 using the update option provided.On restart after the update,i get to grub rescue prompt.Here when i type ls i get the output as hd0 and hd31.I cannot login into windows because the option to select between windows 7 and ubuntu is not available anymore.
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Jun 29, 2010
I'm running Windows and 9.04 in a dedicated partition on my HP DV1000 (32bit), and I would like to boot to a 10.04 Live CD to make sure that everything will work with the upgrade. But, no matter what I try (unetbootin USB, Linux Mint, CDs of both) I can't get the machine to boot to anything other than the HD.
I did a wubi installation of 10.04 on a Compaq CQ laptop and ran into the same problem. I went into the BIOS on both machines and I think I tried all the different settings, but no go. I must be missing something. Is working through the BIOS the only way to get one's machine to boot from a usb or optical drive, or is there another trick to it?
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Oct 16, 2010
I just updated my ubuntu 10.10 installation inside windows (wubi) and after that I shut down my computer. Later on I switched it on again and was unable to boot ubuntu. Ususally I first get the 'Windows boot menu' and after i select ubuntu i get the grub menu. Now, when I select ubuntu in the windows boot menu I dont get grub after that but instead the computer restarts. Is there any way to fix this issue without reinstalling ubuntu.
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Nov 26, 2010
I want a well maintained guide which shows how to dual boot windows xp and ubuntu 10.10 without wubi and not corrupt my Windows Installation.
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Dec 27, 2010
I've been unable to do a non-Wubi install of U 10.10 desktop 32 bit. My setup:
HP p6240f , Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 2.5 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache, 1333 MHz FSB
Currently, I have a clean install of Windows XP (updated) on my desktop. Previously, I used a clean install of Windows 7, but ran into the same problems below. My U install problems are:
1.) Live CD will not boot upon restarting PC. As per the U documentation web site (URL) , md5sums confirmed that proper .iso copy was downloaded and burned to CD. (However, see log file below for md5 error)
2.) "Installing CD boot helper" does not work. I receive the following error message: "Could not retrieve the required installation files", and it refers to a log file. An excerpt of the log file is below.
12-27 18:06 DEBUG TaskList: #### Finished get_metalink
12-27 18:06 DEBUG TaskList: New task get_file_md5
12-27 18:06 DEBUG TaskList: #### Running get_file_md5...
12-27 18:07 DEBUG TaskList: #### Finished get_file_md5
[Code].....
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Jan 26, 2011
I gave up on XP - not the place for long sob stories - and decided to try Ubuntu. I know nothing, so I chose the 10.04.1 because it said stable... made a CD, took it to the problem computer, tried several times to load, then noticed that "Wubi" loaded from windows. I hunted down a 10.04.1 Wubi, and it seemed to read rather well. No error messages, told me to remove the disc. I did, told me to reboot. I chose ubuntu and it froze with the words :
Completing the Ubuntu installation:
For more installation boot options, pres 'Esc' now...
0
_
I waited, nothing. I put the CD in, nothing. Now what?
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Mar 5, 2010
On my MS Vista 64bit machine, I installed Ubuntu through WUBI (some time in 2010) and was happily booting one or the other as needed. Then I added kubuntu-desktop (using Synaptic).Now, when I reboot, the Windows Boot Manager still offers Vista and Ubuntu as boot options. But Ubuntu, rather than boot, goes to a grub shell. I found a GrubHowto that includes "Manual boot into a Linux OS" - but it seems to suggest that clean Karmic installs use Grub2 and the Howto instructions apply only to Grub. I don't know if the WUBI install was Karmic or something older. I don't know anything about using grub manually.And I don't know how to get my (k)ubuntu back!
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Apr 14, 2010
I recently did a Wubi install of 9.10 on my netbook that initially ran Windows 7 Starter. I wanted to speed up the booting process so I went into Windows and set the OS selection list waiting time to be 0 and the default OS to be ubuntu. I did this assuming that there is a way to force OS selection list to be brought up during boot; I think I was wrong.So now, I'm stuck booting directly into 9.10 (not even a full install!). Is there a way to either modify the Windows boot file to reset the selection list timer or to force the list to be brought back out?
EDIT: I should note that editing the grub files within the wubi install would only make changes to the GRUB loader, which has no effect on the actual Windows loader.
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Sep 1, 2010
I have ubuntu 10.4 installed in xp. Ubuntu tells me I have 50 gigs HD space yet the folder tells me I only have 700 mgs and I am getting a warning of not enough space on the computer. My question is. Is this due to windows claiming the space and not allowing enough to be used by ubuntu? If I delete windows and make this computer all linux will that help?
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Nov 27, 2010
I've been running Ubuntu 10.04 AMD64 on our home theater PC through a wubi installation. Yesterday the system update installed a new kernel and today there is a problem booting the computer so I'm reluctantly using Windoze to type this. there isn't much information: the computer has always booted fine before the kernel update. When I select Ubuntu in the boot menu the screen goes black and the computer restarts. No error messages, no GRUB menu, just a blank screen before restart.
Computer: Dell Hybrid 140G, Intel Core 2 Duo T5800, 4GB RAM
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Apr 22, 2011
just installed Ubuntu 10.10 (if I am not wrong) on my XP computer using Wubi. The problem now is that whenever I boot up, there is no sign of Ubuntu. The computer just goes straight into Windows XP. I checked the C: drive (main hard disk) and I see a folder called "ubuntu" and I am quite sure that Ubuntu is supposed to boot from there right? Could someone please help me out? How can I trouble shoot and get Ubuntu to boot up (using the Wubi install, that is
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May 4, 2011
I'm new to Linux, and i was playing around with wubi for some time, and now i made a fresh instal of 11.04 64bits, no problems so far! But one thing was change, the boot system. My computer is used by me and my daughter (7years old), and when i was using the wubi instalation when booting she only see Wyndows 7 and Ubunbtu, . Now with this fresh instalation, i think is grub o takes control, she have a hard time to try to enter in W7, because of all "offers" from their.
So my question is, can i change the boot system to w7 control (like with wubi)?
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Aug 14, 2011
I have installed ubuntu 11.04 using wubi with Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit. The operating system works fine. Althoughwhen I boot and choose linux I get an error message during boot which stays forever. I have to shut down using power button and start again when it boots fine.
Another problem is when I restart from ubuntu it restarts back to the desktop but when I shut down, it does not shut down the computer. Stays on with blank screen forever. I am attaching the image of latest error I received on boot.
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