[Bug 477430] Re: grub 2 error: out of disk. failed to boot default entries. press any key to continue...

[Szabolcs]

Every version of Ubuntu that uses grub2 gives me an "out of disk" error
on first boot after a clean install.  Whenever a new version comes out I
try installing it on a logical partition (side by side with WinXP), and
it fails to boot.

Despite many tries, couldn't come up with a solution, and couldn't boot
from the grub rescue prompt either.  I've the latest bios version that
available for this 5yr old computer.

Please take this issue seriously. It's stayed unfixed for many Ubuntu
versions, I wonder how many people have walked away from Ubuntu because
they couldn't even install it.

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Title:
  grub 2 error: out of disk. failed to boot default entries. press any
  key to continue...

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  I recently updated one of my computers to Ubuntu 9.10 and I've been
  trying to upgrade the bootloader to grub 2. The computer is an Acer
  TravelMate 240 but the hard drive died some time ago so I've been
  booting off a USB harddrive, because the computer's BIOS doesn't
  support USB boot, I'm using the PLoP Bootmanager on CD
  (http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html) to chainload GRUB from the
  USB drive. GRUB legacy has been working fine like this for months.

  Now when I chainload GRUB 2 from GRUB legacy I get the following
  error:

  error: out of disk

      Failed to boot default entries.

  Press any key to continue...

  When I press a key the message just repeats. In order to boot and
  access the GRUB legacy menu, I have to do a CTRL+ALT+DEL. Please tell
  me if you need any more information to complete this bug report.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Nov  7 15:08:55 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  Package: grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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