[Bug 1311247] Re: [Grubenv] error: malformed file, press any key to continue

[Roland65]

OK, these issues suggested me a workaround for the bug. Here is the
recipe:

1. Create a script named rc.fixgrub in /etc with the following content:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/grub-set-default 0

2. Make the script executable:
sudo chmod +x /etc/rc.fixgrub

3. Create two links to launch the script at shutdown and reboot:
sudo cd /etc/rc0.d
sudo ln -s ../rc/fixgrub K10fixgrub

sudo cd /etc/rc6.d
sudo ln -s ../rc/fixgrub K10fixgrub

4. Reboot (or shutdown) and voila... the bug has disappeared (and this
is reliable now)!

RB

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Title:
  [Grubenv] error: malformed file, press any key to continue

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have just upgraded from 12.04 to 14.04

  Since the upgrade, when I boot up, the process stops and the normal
  grub screen is replaced after a short while by a message saying

  "error: malformed file, press any key to continue"

  Pressing a key allows booting to continue.

  Someone else who experienced this found that the problem went away
  after having re-installed grub.  I tried this but this did not resolve
  the problem for me.

  synaptic reports the grub package as 2.02~beta2-9

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