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There is a desire always to ship the latest and greatest of any product; boot loaders included. However upgrading a bootloader is at best frightening and risky. The primary bootloader for x86 platforms is currently grub. That however has not been updated since about 1996 and is getting long in the tooth. It also does not support newer bios forms like EFI and it never will. There is a replacement for grub, which has been claiming to be the replacement for it for some year (about 6 at least), grub2. Switching to this would bring support for newer systems, internationalisation, ''updates'' and ''bug fixes'' etc. So its clear we would like to switch the default bootloader to grub2. It makes sense, its the way forward, why do we not just do it. Well does grub2 support every single machine out there. All those odd broken machines that grub supports? We do not know. Thats where this page comes in. |
There is a desire always to ship the latest and greatest of any product; boot loaders included. However upgrading a bootloader is at best frightening and risky. The primary bootloader for x86 platforms is currently grub. That however has not been updated since about 1996 and is getting long in the tooth. It also does not support newer BIOS forms like EFI and it never will. There is a replacement for grub, which has been claiming to be the replacement for it for some years (about 6 at least), grub2. Switching to this would bring support for newer systems, internationalisation, ''updates'' and ''bug fixes'' etc. So it's clear we would like to switch the default bootloader to grub2. It makes sense, it's the way forward, why do we not just do it? Well, does grub2 support every single machine out there? All those odd broken machines that grub supports? We do not know. That's where this page comes in. |
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grub2 can be installed in parallel with, and as a chainloaded sub-bootloader of, your existing grub installation. This allows you to boot actually with grub and then select grub2 from the menu. The you can confirm grub2 works correctly before electing to switch to it formally. | If you are running Jaunty Jackalope or later, grub2 can be installed in parallel with, and as a chainloaded sub-bootloader of, your existing grub installation. This allows you to boot actually with grub and then select grub2 from the menu. Then you can confirm grub2 works correctly before electing to switch to it formally. |
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== Before you Test == Though it is unlikely you will have any issues we would always recommend taking precautions before attempting a bootloader update. It is recommended that you have an up to date backup of your system before attempting this (you have backups right?). It is also recommended that you have a bootable CD or a bootable USB disk available should you be unable to boot following the installation. |
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At the first prompt, select OK. Next, at the "Chainload from menu.lst" prompt answer "Yes". And at the "Linux command line:" prompt just press the Enter key. |
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If one can boot from grub2 successfully, one can then install grub2 onto system as the main boot loader using the command: | Note: In Jaunty (but not Karmic), there is currently a bug in the grub2 installer ([[https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/376879|LP#376879]]) where it modifies the existing grub configuration incorrectly. At the "Chainload into Grub 2" menu item, press 'e' to edit the configuration. Press 'e' a second time to edit the top boot line and change: {{{ root xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx }}} to: {{{ uuid xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx }}} and press the Enter key after editing this line. Then press 'b' to chainload and boot grub2. Note: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx is your partition UUID number. If one can boot from grub2 successfully, one can then install grub2 onto the system as the main boot loader using the command: |
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== Alternative Test == If you do not want to install grub2 on your machine but you do want to see if it works with your BIOS, an alternative test is as follows: * Download the bzip2 compressed image bootable-grub2-2.5GB.img.bz2 from http://people.ubuntu.com/~cking/grub2-boot-tests/bootable-grub2-2.5GB.img.bz2 * Uncompress it: {{{ bunzip2 bootable-grub2-2.5GB.img.bz2 }}} * Insert a 4GB or larger USB pen drive into your machine * Copy the image to the drive (assuming it appears as block device /dev/sdb, do the following): {{{ sudo dd if=bootable-grub2-2.5GB.img of=/dev/sdb }}} '''WARNING: Make sure you are writing to the correct block device before proceeding!''' * Boot your machine with this image. If it boots OK, add your hardware to the list below. Note: This image boots from an ext3 partition. |
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(Please add your machine in the correct alphabetical order) |
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|| '''Machine''' || Chainloaded || Native || Root Filesystem || Dual Boot || | || '''Machine''' || Chainloaded || Native || Root Filesystem || Dual Boot || Root on LVM and/or MD (which?) || || Acer Aspire 4530-5627 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Yes, Karmic + Windows 7 (pre RC) || || Acer Aspire 5051 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Karmic + Windows XP || No || || Acer Aspire 5920 || PASS || Screen drawing UNUSABLY slow (NV8600M GT). 2secs for scrolling cmdline. GRUB_TERMINAL=console fixes it. || ext4 || Ubuntu Jaunty, Windows Vista || || Acer Aspire 5930G || PASS || PASS || ext3 || Yes, Jaunty, Windows Vista || || || Acer Aspire One || UNTESTED || PASS || ext3 || No || || Asus EEE-PC 900A || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Jaunty + Recovery || || Asus EEE-PC 1000H || PASS || PASS || ext3 || jaunty + recovery || || Asus EEE 1000HE || PASS || PASS || ext3 || jaunty + winXP + Win recovery || || Asus !F3Jc || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Karmic + Windows XP || No || || Asus P5Q-E (AHCI) Intel Q955 || PASS || UNTESTED || jfs || Jaunty, Win7 RC || No || || Asus P5Q Deluxe || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Jaunty + Karmic + Win7 RC || || Asus P6T Deluxe V2 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || || BenQ Joybook 5000 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || Yes, Jaunty + WinXP || No || || Compaq DC7100 SFF || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Jaunty + Debian || || Compaq Presario C700 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || Karmic + Windows 7 RC || || Compaq Presario CQ50 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || vista || || Compaq Presario CQ60 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || vista || || Compaq Presario SR1000|| PASS || PASS || ext4 || No|| || Compaq Presario SR2129|| PASS || FAIL<<FootNote(LP #385021)>> || ext3 || Vista + Recovery + Jaunty + Karmic || No || || Compaq Presario V5120|| PASS || PASS || ext4 || Karmic + WinXP || || Dell Dimension 3100C || UNTESTED || PASS || ext4 || No || || Dell Inspiron 510M || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Karmic + Windows 7 RC (labeled Vista) || No || || Dell Inspiron 530 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Inspiron 530s with extra hard disk (BIOS boots from /dev/sdb)|| PASS || FAIL<<FootNote(after booting an Ubuntu CD, selecting "Boot from first hard drive", then going to rescue mode and running "grub-install /dev/sdb" this works again)>> || ext4 || Karmic + Vista || No || || Dell Inspiron 535 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Inspiron 1420 || UNTESTED || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Inspiron 1420 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || || Dell Inspiron 1501 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || jaunty + karmic + vista || || Dell Inspiron 1525 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Inspiron 1545 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Inspiron 1720 || UNTESTED || PASS || ext4 || kub-jaun + stud-jaun || No LVM || || Dell Inspiron 6400 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || Vista || || Dell Inspiron 6400 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || || Dell Inspiron 640m || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || || Dell Inspiron 8600 || PASS || UNTESTED || ext3 || No || Yes LVM || || Dell Inspiron e1405|| PASS || PASS || ext4 || Karmic + Win 7 || NO || || Dell Mini 9 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Mini 10 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Mini 10v || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Latitude C640 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || No || || Dell Latitude D610 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Karmic + WindowsXP || No || || Dell Latitude E6400 || UNTESTED || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Latitude E6500 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || No || || Dell M1330 || UNTESTED || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Optiplex 740 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || Yes, XP || || Dell Optiplex 760 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Precision 530 MT ([[https://launchpad.net/+hwdb/+submission/2e9cc7dd7f6a0801450c7123dd3cde23|hwdb]])|| PASS || PASS<<FootNote(Inadvertantly, the original groot was a chainloaded partition, but the upgrade script didn't honor that)>> || ext3 || Yes, win2k, hardy (jaunty partition is chainloaded from hardy's grub) || No || || Dell Precision M90 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Yes (Jaunty/Karmic) || No || || Dell Precision T3400 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || No || || Dell Studio 1535 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Studio 1536 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Jaunty + WinXP || No || || Dell Studio 1537 || UNTESTED || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Studio 1537 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Jaunty, Windows Vista || || Dell Studio 14xx || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Studio XPS 1340 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Studio XPS 16xx || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Vostro 1500 || UNTESTED || PASS || ext4 || No || || Dell XPS M1330 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Vista || No || || Dell XPS M1530 || UNTESTED || PASS || ext3 || No || || Fujitsu-Siemens Pi1505 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Karmic, XP || || Fujitsu-Siemens Pi2515 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || || Fujitsu-Siemens Pa3553 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || Yes. Jaunty and Windows Vista || || Fujitsu-Siemens Esprimo V5505 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || Encrypted LVM || || Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Xi 2428 || PASS || PASS || reiserfs (ext2 for /boot) || Windows XP || No || || HP 530 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Yes. Jaunty and Windows 7 RC || No || || HP Compaq 8510p || PASS || PASS || ext3 || Yes. Jaunty and Windows XP || || HP Compaq nc6320 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || HP DV4T || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || || HP DV5 1153EO || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || || HP DV6000t CTO || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Yes, Windows 7 Beta, 8.04 Hardy on other partition || No || || HP TX1000 GA647UA || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Yes, Jaunty, Vista || No || || IBM Thinkcentre A50 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || || Intel Core 2 DP35DP self-build (Intel BIOS) || PASS || FAILED || ext4 || Yes - 9.04 & Windows XP || No || || Intel Core 2 Quad self-build (based on a ASUS P5K) [kalon33] || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Yes, with Win7 RC, Jaunty and Karmic alpha || || Intel D945GNT || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || || Intel Quad Core self-build (AMI BIOS) [lana] || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || || Intel Quad Core self-build (AMI BIOS) [chloe] || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || || Intel DQ35JO || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || root on LVM on md RAID1 || || Intel BOXDQ45CB || PASS || PASS || ext3 || Jaunty, Win7 || No || || Lenovo 3000 N200 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || Lenovo 3000 V100 || Untested || PASS || ext3 || No || || Lenovo Ideapad S10 || UNTESTED || PASS || ext3 || No || || Lenovo T60 || UNTESTED || PASS || ext3 || Yes, Jaunty + WinXP Pro || || Lenovo T61 || UNTESTED || PASS || ext3 || No || || Lenovo T61 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || || Lenovo T61 || PASS || UNTESTED || ext4 || No || encrypted LVM || || Lenovo T61 || PASS || UNTESTED || ext4 || Yes, Jaunty, Windows Xp || || Lenovo T61p || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || || Lenovo T400 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || No || || Lenovo T400 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Yes, Karmic, Windows XP || No || || Lenovo W500 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || || || Lenovo X200 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || LG S1 Express Dual || PASS || PASS || ReiserFS 3 || Yes, Karmic, Windows XP || || MSI EX600 laptop Intel core2duo on PM965 chipset || PASS || PASS || ext4 || no, karmic || no || || MSI P35 Platinum || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Yes, Karmic.a1 + Jaunty || || MSI Wind U100 || PASS || UNTESTED || ext3 || Yes, Intrepid, Jaunty || root on LVM || || MSI Wind nettop PC 100 ([[https://launchpad.net/+hwdb/+submission/2b2ec95fba67c02cc55087b47b229c98|hwdb]]) || PASS || PASS || ext3 || Yes, jaunty + 2nd jaunty || root on LVM || || Novatech Nomad (rebranded Uniwill M30EI0) || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || root on LVM || || PackardBell EasyNote MX52b || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Yes, Jaunty, Vista SE || ? || || Parallels Desktop 4.0.3844 for Mac || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || ? || || Sapphire PE-AM2RS690HD motherboard c/w AMD 3800+ || PASS || PASS<<FootNote(Inadvertantly, the original groot was a chainloaded partition, but the upgrade script didn't honor that)>> || ext4 || No || No || || Self-built, [[http://heh.fi/hw/luotain.20090528.lshw|lshw]], [[http://heh.fi/hw/luotain.20090528.dmesg.jaunty|dmesg]] || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || No || || Self-built [Hew], [[http://paste.ubuntu.com/189955/|lshw]], [[http://paste.ubuntu.com/189956/|dmesg]] || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || No || || Self-built, MSI K8Neo4 [[http://pastebin.com/f4427a1ee|lshw]] || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Windows XP , Ubuntu Jaunty || No || || Self-built-I7 920-Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P || PASS || PASS || ext4 and ext3 ||YES/NO - 5 linux installs-wrong ID attached to some installs || || Self-built, [[http://lodder.osn.be/hw/lshw20090609.txt|lshw]], [[http://lodder.osn.be/hw/dmesg20090609.txt|dmesg]] || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Yes, Jaunty and Windows Vista || No || || Self-built, [[http://paste.ubuntu.com/191850/|lshw]] || PASS || PASS || ext3 || NO || NO || || Self-built ASUS M2N-E || PASS || PASS || ext4 || vista || || Shuttle SG33 ([[https://launchpad.net/+hwdb/+submission/ac8c28b7f2a8959ccf5c376401bf2452|hwdb entry]])|| PASS || PASS || ext3 || yes, hardy and intrepid || No || || Sony Vaio VGN-FE31H || PASS || PASS || ext3 and ext4 || Yes : jaunty(ext3) + karmic(ext4) || -- || || Thinkpad T23 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || No || || Thinkpad T23, [[http://heh.fi/hw/virhe.20090528.lshw|lshw]], [[http://heh.fi/hw/virhe.20090528.dmesg.karmic|dmesg]] || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || No || |
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|| Lenovo 3000N200 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || Dell Inspiron 6400 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || Vista || |
|| Thinkpad T42P || UNTESTED || PASS || ext3 || No || || Thinkpad X301 || UNTESTED || PASS || ext3 || No || || Thinkpad R51 || PASS || PASS || ext3 (Karmic) || No || || Thinkpad R61 || UNTESTED || PASS || ext4 (Karmic) || No || || Thinkpad T60 || UNTESTED || PASS || ext3 || No || || Thinkpad X31 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || || Thinkpad X60 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || No || || Thinkpad X61 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || Factory Vista repair/rescue, WinXP || || Thinkpad X61T || UNTESTED || PASS || ext3 || No || || Thinkpad X61s || PASS || UNTESTED || ext4 || Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04 || No || || Thinkpad X300 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || No || || Toshiba U400 || PASS || PASS || ext3 (ext2 for /boot) || Windows Vista || No || || Toshiba A215-S4697 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || No || || Toshiba L40-14G || PASS || PASS || ext3 || Jaunty and Vista || || Toshiba nb100-12a|| PASS || PASS || ext4|| karmic+xp ||No|| || Toshiba Tecra A9 [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/ToshibaTecraA9|Tecra A9]] || PASS || PASS || reiserfs || Yes (Jaunty+Vista)) || No || || Toshiba Tecra M7 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || Windows 7 and Jaunty || No || || VirtualBox || PASS || PASS || ext2 || No || |
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|| VirtualBox || UNTESTED || PASS || ext3 || No || Yes || || VirtualBox || PASS || PASS || jfs || No || || VirtualBox || PASS || PASS || reiserfs || No || || VirtualBox || PASS || PASS || xfs || No || || VirtualBox || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || || VirtualBox 64 bit || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || No || || VMWare ESX 3.5 || PASS || PASS || ext3 || No || root on LVM || || VMWare Fusion 2.0.4 || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || No || || VMWare Workstation 6.5 || UNTESTED || PASS || ext3 || No || || XBook Eruptio DL70 (Compal) || PASS || PASS || ext4 || No || No || || Xps1710 || PASS || UNTESTED || ext4 || No || || Zepto Znote 6214W || PASS || PASS || ext4 || XP, Win 7 RC || No || || Asus P5GD2-Basic || PASS || PASS || ext3 || Jaunty, XP || No || |
There is a desire always to ship the latest and greatest of any product; boot loaders included. However upgrading a bootloader is at best frightening and risky. The primary bootloader for x86 platforms is currently grub. That however has not been updated since about 1996 and is getting long in the tooth. It also does not support newer BIOS forms like EFI and it never will.
There is a replacement for grub, which has been claiming to be the replacement for it for some years (about 6 at least), grub2. Switching to this would bring support for newer systems, internationalisation, updates and bug fixes etc.
So it's clear we would like to switch the default bootloader to grub2. It makes sense, it's the way forward, why do we not just do it? Well, does grub2 support every single machine out there? All those odd broken machines that grub supports? We do not know. That's where this page comes in.
Testing grub2
If you are running Jaunty Jackalope or later, grub2 can be installed in parallel with, and as a chainloaded sub-bootloader of, your existing grub installation. This allows you to boot actually with grub and then select grub2 from the menu. Then you can confirm grub2 works correctly before electing to switch to it formally.
Even if you are only able to test in chainloaded mode that would give us some information as to the viability of grub2.
Before you Test
Though it is unlikely you will have any issues we would always recommend taking precautions before attempting a bootloader update. It is recommended that you have an up to date backup of your system before attempting this (you have backups right?). It is also recommended that you have a bootable CD or a bootable USB disk available should you be unable to boot following the installation.
How to Install grub2
sudo apt-get install grub2
At the first prompt, select OK. Next, at the "Chainload from menu.lst" prompt answer "Yes". And at the "Linux command line:" prompt just press the Enter key.
This will install grub2 and modify the existing grub boot loader menu allow one to chain load grub2 to allow one to test to see if grub2 works on your machine. At this stage, the original grub is still the main boot loader and keeps the original boot menu items.
Note: In Jaunty (but not Karmic), there is currently a bug in the grub2 installer (LP#376879) where it modifies the existing grub configuration incorrectly. At the "Chainload into Grub 2" menu item, press 'e' to edit the configuration. Press 'e' a second time to edit the top boot line and change:
root xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
to:
uuid xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
and press the Enter key after editing this line. Then press 'b' to chainload and boot grub2.
Note: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx is your partition UUID number.
If one can boot from grub2 successfully, one can then install grub2 onto the system as the main boot loader using the command:
sudo upgrade-from-grub-legacy
Alternative Test
If you do not want to install grub2 on your machine but you do want to see if it works with your BIOS, an alternative test is as follows:
Download the bzip2 compressed image bootable-grub2-2.5GB.img.bz2 from http://people.ubuntu.com/~cking/grub2-boot-tests/bootable-grub2-2.5GB.img.bz2
- Uncompress it:
bunzip2 bootable-grub2-2.5GB.img.bz2
- Insert a 4GB or larger USB pen drive into your machine
- Copy the image to the drive (assuming it appears as block device /dev/sdb, do the following):
sudo dd if=bootable-grub2-2.5GB.img of=/dev/sdb
WARNING: Make sure you are writing to the correct block device before proceeding!
- Boot your machine with this image. If it boots OK, add your hardware to the list below. Note: This image boots from an ext3 partition.
Results
(Please add your machine in the correct alphabetical order)
NOTE: if you only test chainloaded, put UNTESTED in the native column.
Machine |
Chainloaded |
Native |
Root Filesystem |
Dual Boot |
Root on LVM and/or MD (which?) |
Acer Aspire 4530-5627 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Yes, Karmic + Windows 7 (pre RC) |
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Acer Aspire 5051 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Karmic + Windows XP |
No |
Acer Aspire 5920 |
PASS |
Screen drawing UNUSABLY slow (NV8600M GT). 2secs for scrolling cmdline. GRUB_TERMINAL=console fixes it. |
ext4 |
Ubuntu Jaunty, Windows Vista |
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Acer Aspire 5930G |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
Yes, Jaunty, Windows Vista |
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Acer Aspire One |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
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Asus EEE-PC 900A |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Jaunty + Recovery |
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Asus EEE-PC 1000H |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
jaunty + recovery |
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Asus EEE 1000HE |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
jaunty + winXP + Win recovery |
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Asus F3Jc |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Karmic + Windows XP |
No |
Asus P5Q-E (AHCI) Intel Q955 |
PASS |
UNTESTED |
jfs |
Jaunty, Win7 RC |
No |
Asus P5Q Deluxe |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Jaunty + Karmic + Win7 RC |
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Asus P6T Deluxe V2 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
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BenQ Joybook 5000 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
Yes, Jaunty + WinXP |
No |
Compaq DC7100 SFF |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Jaunty + Debian |
|
Compaq Presario C700 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
Karmic + Windows 7 RC |
|
Compaq Presario CQ50 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
vista |
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Compaq Presario CQ60 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
vista |
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Compaq Presario SR1000 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
|
Compaq Presario SR2129 |
PASS |
FAIL1 |
ext3 |
Vista + Recovery + Jaunty + Karmic |
No |
Compaq Presario V5120 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Karmic + WinXP |
|
Dell Dimension 3100C |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
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Dell Inspiron 510M |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Karmic + Windows 7 RC (labeled Vista) |
No |
Dell Inspiron 530 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
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Dell Inspiron 530s with extra hard disk (BIOS boots from /dev/sdb) |
PASS |
FAIL2 |
ext4 |
Karmic + Vista |
No |
Dell Inspiron 535 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Dell Inspiron 1420 |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Dell Inspiron 1420 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
|
Dell Inspiron 1501 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
jaunty + karmic + vista |
|
Dell Inspiron 1525 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
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Dell Inspiron 1545 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Dell Inspiron 1720 |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext4 |
kub-jaun + stud-jaun |
No LVM |
Dell Inspiron 6400 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
Vista |
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Dell Inspiron 6400 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
|
Dell Inspiron 640m |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Dell Inspiron 8600 |
PASS |
UNTESTED |
ext3 |
No |
Yes LVM |
Dell Inspiron e1405 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Karmic + Win 7 |
NO |
Dell Mini 9 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Dell Mini 10 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Dell Mini 10v |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Dell Latitude C640 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
No |
Dell Latitude D610 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Karmic + WindowsXP |
No |
Dell Latitude E6400 |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Dell Latitude E6500 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
No |
Dell M1330 |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Dell Optiplex 740 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
Yes, XP |
|
Dell Optiplex 760 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Dell Precision 530 MT (hwdb) |
PASS |
PASS3 |
ext3 |
Yes, win2k, hardy (jaunty partition is chainloaded from hardy's grub) |
No |
Dell Precision M90 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Yes (Jaunty/Karmic) |
No |
Dell Precision T3400 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
No |
Dell Studio 1535 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Dell Studio 1536 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Jaunty + WinXP |
No |
Dell Studio 1537 |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Dell Studio 1537 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Jaunty, Windows Vista |
|
Dell Studio 14xx |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Dell Studio XPS 1340 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Dell Studio XPS 16xx |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Dell Vostro 1500 |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
|
Dell XPS M1330 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Vista |
No |
Dell XPS M1530 |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Fujitsu-Siemens Pi1505 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Karmic, XP |
|
Fujitsu-Siemens Pi2515 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
|
Fujitsu-Siemens Pa3553 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
Yes. Jaunty and Windows Vista |
|
Fujitsu-Siemens Esprimo V5505 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
Encrypted LVM |
Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Xi 2428 |
PASS |
PASS |
reiserfs (ext2 for /boot) |
Windows XP |
No |
HP 530 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Yes. Jaunty and Windows 7 RC |
No |
HP Compaq 8510p |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
Yes. Jaunty and Windows XP |
|
HP Compaq nc6320 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
HP DV4T |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
|
HP DV5 1153EO |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
|
HP DV6000t CTO |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Yes, Windows 7 Beta, 8.04 Hardy on other partition |
No |
HP TX1000 GA647UA |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Yes, Jaunty, Vista |
No |
IBM Thinkcentre A50 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
|
Intel Core 2 DP35DP self-build (Intel BIOS) |
PASS |
FAILED |
ext4 |
Yes - 9.04 & Windows XP |
No |
Intel Core 2 Quad self-build (based on a ASUS P5K) [kalon33] |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Yes, with Win7 RC, Jaunty and Karmic alpha |
|
Intel D945GNT |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
|
Intel Quad Core self-build (AMI BIOS) [lana] |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
|
Intel Quad Core self-build (AMI BIOS) [chloe] |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
|
Intel DQ35JO |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
root on LVM on md RAID1 |
Intel BOXDQ45CB |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
Jaunty, Win7 |
No |
Lenovo 3000 N200 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Lenovo 3000 V100 |
Untested |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Lenovo Ideapad S10 |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Lenovo T60 |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext3 |
Yes, Jaunty + WinXP Pro |
|
Lenovo T61 |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Lenovo T61 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
|
Lenovo T61 |
PASS |
UNTESTED |
ext4 |
No |
encrypted LVM |
Lenovo T61 |
PASS |
UNTESTED |
ext4 |
Yes, Jaunty, Windows Xp |
|
Lenovo T61p |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
|
Lenovo T400 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
No |
Lenovo T400 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Yes, Karmic, Windows XP |
No |
Lenovo W500 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
|
Lenovo X200 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
LG S1 Express Dual |
PASS |
PASS |
ReiserFS 3 |
Yes, Karmic, Windows XP |
|
MSI EX600 laptop Intel core2duo on PM965 chipset |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
no, karmic |
no |
MSI P35 Platinum |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Yes, Karmic.a1 + Jaunty |
|
MSI Wind U100 |
PASS |
UNTESTED |
ext3 |
Yes, Intrepid, Jaunty |
root on LVM |
MSI Wind nettop PC 100 (hwdb) |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
Yes, jaunty + 2nd jaunty |
root on LVM |
Novatech Nomad (rebranded Uniwill M30EI0) |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
root on LVM |
PackardBell EasyNote MX52b |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Yes, Jaunty, Vista SE |
? |
Parallels Desktop 4.0.3844 for Mac |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
? |
Sapphire PE-AM2RS690HD motherboard c/w AMD 3800+ |
PASS |
PASS3 |
ext4 |
No |
No |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
No |
|
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
No |
|
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Windows XP , Ubuntu Jaunty |
No |
|
Self-built-I7 920-Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 and ext3 |
YES/NO - 5 linux installs-wrong ID attached to some installs |
|
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Yes, Jaunty and Windows Vista |
No |
|
Self-built, lshw |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
NO |
NO |
Self-built ASUS M2N-E |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
vista |
|
Shuttle SG33 (hwdb entry) |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
yes, hardy and intrepid |
No |
Sony Vaio VGN-FE31H |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 and ext4 |
Yes : jaunty(ext3) + karmic(ext4) |
-- |
Thinkpad T23 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
No |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
No |
|
Thinkpad T30 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Thinkpad T42P |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Thinkpad X301 |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Thinkpad R51 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 (Karmic) |
No |
|
Thinkpad R61 |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext4 (Karmic) |
No |
|
Thinkpad T60 |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Thinkpad X31 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Thinkpad X60 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
No |
Thinkpad X61 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
Factory Vista repair/rescue, WinXP |
|
Thinkpad X61T |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
Thinkpad X61s |
PASS |
UNTESTED |
ext4 |
Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04 |
No |
Thinkpad X300 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
No |
Toshiba U400 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 (ext2 for /boot) |
Windows Vista |
No |
Toshiba A215-S4697 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
No |
Toshiba L40-14G |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
Jaunty and Vista |
|
Toshiba nb100-12a |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
karmic+xp |
No |
Toshiba Tecra A9 Tecra A9 |
PASS |
PASS |
reiserfs |
Yes (Jaunty+Vista)) |
No |
Toshiba Tecra M7 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
Windows 7 and Jaunty |
No |
PASS |
PASS |
ext2 |
No |
||
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
Vista |
||
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
Yes |
|
PASS |
PASS |
jfs |
No |
||
PASS |
PASS |
reiserfs |
No |
||
PASS |
PASS |
xfs |
No |
||
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
||
VirtualBox 64 bit |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
No |
VMWare ESX 3.5 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
root on LVM |
VMWare Fusion 2.0.4 |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
No |
VMWare Workstation 6.5 |
UNTESTED |
PASS |
ext3 |
No |
|
XBook Eruptio DL70 (Compal) |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
No |
No |
Xps1710 |
PASS |
UNTESTED |
ext4 |
No |
|
Zepto Znote 6214W |
PASS |
PASS |
ext4 |
XP, Win 7 RC |
No |
Asus P5GD2-Basic |
PASS |
PASS |
ext3 |
Jaunty, XP |
No |
KernelTeam/Grub2Testing (last edited 2010-07-21 12:55:26 by 193)