[Bug 885651] Re: fresh install of ubuntu-server fails to boot

[Joe Millenbach]

I'm installing regular desktop Ubuntu, not server, x64 from USB as I've
hit a CD media bug with this system a while ago (updated existing bug
and not fixed).  My motherboard does support EFI.  For me to be able to
boot from the USB media in my BIOS's boot menu I can't do a "USB" boot,
I must do an "EFI" or it might be "UEFI" boot.  Doing a "USB" I get a
loop of "Could not find kernel image vesamenu.c32" over and over.  I
haven't filed that one or added to an existing bug as I didn't find one
the first time I looked and I'm dealing with other more important issues
on the system where I can't see the whole screen (left & top missing).

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Title:
  fresh install of ubuntu-server fails to boot

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  A fresh install of Ubuntu Server 11.10 x64 fails to boot on several
  IBM x3650M3. The grub error message is "error: invalid arch
  independent ELF magic". I've tried numerous tips (booting a live-cd
  and reinstalling grub, mucking around with efi...) on the net
  regarding this error, but to no avail. Ubuntu 11.04 does install and
  boot on the machines.

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