[Bug 929322] [NEW] Grub install fails on fresh 11.10 install

[Tranas Spietis]

Public bug reported:

Used "boot repair" in response to the following error after a fresh dual
boot install of Ubuntu 11.10 [from CD - not wubi] on a WinXP Thinkpad
laptop -

error: unknown filesystem.
grub rescue>

Performed the 1 click recommended repair, however the error message remained. The machine would not boot.
The MBR can be restored using the Win2K Install CD, and the windows install with data files then functions normally.

Attempts to restore the Grub 1.99 bootloader per

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1014708

get the identical [failed] result, even though the sudo grub-install xxx
reports no errors upon completion. Attempted the  boot-repair "Purge and
reinstall" option, however this resulted in the same error screen.

The boot info file after the repair is here -

http://paste.ubuntu.com/830258/

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Grub install fails on fresh 11.10 install

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Used "boot repair" in response to the following error after a fresh
  dual boot install of Ubuntu 11.10 [from CD - not wubi] on a WinXP
  Thinkpad laptop -

  error: unknown filesystem.
  grub rescue>

  Performed the 1 click recommended repair, however the error message remained. The machine would not boot.
  The MBR can be restored using the Win2K Install CD, and the windows install with data files then functions normally.

  Attempts to restore the Grub 1.99 bootloader per

  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1014708

  get the identical [failed] result, even though the sudo grub-install
  xxx reports no errors upon completion. Attempted the  boot-repair
  "Purge and reinstall" option, however this resulted in the same error
  screen.

  The boot info file after the repair is here -

  http://paste.ubuntu.com/830258/

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