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cowdogmoocat
October 30th, 2010, 08:59 AM
I upgraded to 10.10, and grub just came back with "no wubildr", and then a "no other mode", or something like that:confused:. I dual boot xp (I used it to install wubi), and I need a few files off my linux partition. Is there a way to:

recover my files within windows
skip grub and go strait to ubuntu
Rubi1200
October 30th, 2010, 09:29 AM
Can you still boot into Windows?


skip grub and go strait to ubuntu

Not at this stage. First we need to know if you can access Windows and then we can move forward.

Just so you know; there is a problem with upgrading Wubi at the moment;
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/ReleaseNotes#Known%20Issues
bcbc
October 30th, 2010, 07:30 PM
See this fix to get wubi booting http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9932369&postcount=5

To recover files from within windows use ext2read. It can give you readonly access if you point it at the \ubuntu\disks\root.disk file
cowdogmoocat
November 15th, 2010, 03:36 PM
Can you still boot into Windows?


Not at this stage. First we need to know if you can access Windows and then we can move forward.

Just so you know; there is a problem with upgrading Wubi at the moment;
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickMeerkat/ReleaseNotes#Known%20Issues

yes, I can boot windows. in fact, I reinstalled ubuntu from there. I'm back at 10.04 now.
cowdogmoocat
November 15th, 2010, 03:39 PM
I got my files back from the gmail server, and reinstalled wubi. I just need to know if 10.10 is safe.
Rubi1200
November 15th, 2010, 04:07 PM
If you did a fresh install and are able to boot into both Windows and Ubuntu, then the answer is yes, I suppose.

In any event, I am glad things worked out for you :)

Please mark this thread Solved using the Thread Tools near the top of the page if you think the problem has been resolved.
bcbc
November 15th, 2010, 06:22 PM
I got my files back from the gmail server, and reinstalled wubi. I just need to know if 10.10 is safe.

10.10 is probably as safe as any install. Just the upgrade to 10.10 doesn't work for wubi installs. The bug has not been addressed and it doesn't look like it is going to be anytime soon.

So, if you want 10.10 do a fresh install.