*** Happy Birthday Mahmoud! *** + Thank you for your wonderful software!
I have some debug info for Beta 2.0 build 76 (latest as of today)...also would like to make a post regarding Ubuntu 9.10 problems not fixed by the latest builds of EasyBCD. I would post this directly to the Beta builds thread but it is locked.
I have had no trouble in the past with EasyBCD 1.7.2 doing dual boots with Ubuntu 8.04, 8.10 & 9.04 with Vista using the GRUB option to enable selecting to boot to an Ubuntu installation on separate drives or even different partitions on the same drive...one simply installs the GRUB to the alternate Ubuntu partition/drive vs. the Windows MBR during the LiveCD installation, and then uses EasyBCD to point to that drive/partition...has always worked fine.
Ubuntu 9.10 is a new creature in several regards...GRUB2 and ext4...the latest Betas claim to have full ext4 and GRUB2 support...I think the issue I am having lies with a less well-known addition...9.10 at last has built-in dmraid support for both RAID stripes and mirrors.
Here's my situation: Installed W7-Ultimate-64-bit on RAID stripe array using onboard/"fakeRAID" on Asus M4A78T-E...BIOS 2208...(AMD 790GX NB, 750 SB with RAID option ROM 3.0.154.0.44)...installed Ubuntu 9.10-64-bit on separate ext4 partitions on same RAID array with GRUB installed to Ubuntu root partition of course...ran EasyBCD 2.0 build 65...selected GRUB2 option...pointed to correct partition...addes entry...reboot...boot menu shows W7 and Ubuntu option...but when I select Ubuntu I just get to a command prompt on a black screen...does not freeze, but does not load GRUB on its own.
I monitored the Beta Builds forum for new updates...installed latest 76 to see if issue were resolved.
Build 76 crashes like mad on this system...reinstalls have not helped: "BootGrabber.exe has stopped working"..."Exception code: c0000374, Exception offset: 000cda83"...this happens whenever one tries to use the Add/Remove Entries screen and selects the Linux/BSD tab....also happens whenever the External Devices button is pressed.
Your forum does not allow me to download a version between 65 and 76 to try another in-between build.
So: Is this likely a dmraid-EasyBCD issue, as others have successfully used the Betas with Ubuntu 9.10 in non-RAID setups? Is it a 64-bit bug? I would love to get this working to at last enjoy Ubuntu on my RAID stripe vs. using a slower separate drive.
Please help.
Thank you very much for your time! Feel free to email me directly if you want more details.