[Bug 550372] Re: grub2 only shows grub rescue after install

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[Expired for grub2 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
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** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  grub2 only shows grub rescue after install

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  Description:	Ubuntu 9.10
  Release:	9.10

  grub2:
    Installiert: 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu5
    Kandidat: 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu5
    Versions-Tabelle:
   *** 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu5 0
          500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-proposed/universe Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4.1 0
          500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages
          500 http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages
       1.97~beta4-1ubuntu3 0
          500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages

  the scenario:
  a friend of mine just give me an acer easystore h340 NAS which is running windows home server.
  he would like to have ubuntu running on it so i said i'll do it for him.
  i installed the neccessary hardware to get the integrated graphic card working and the installation just runs fine.

  the problem:
  after installing, i rebooted, and everything works as expected.
  then, i shutdown the box to watch some tv... after a few minutes i wanted to change some configs and install some services but i just received: 
  Grub loading.
  error: out of disk
  grub rescue> ls 
  (hd0) (hd0,3) (hd0,1) (hd1)
  error: no such disk
  grub rescue> set
  prefix=(hd0,1)/grub
  root=hd0,1
  grub rescue> ls /
  error: out of disk

  what i did:
  so i read some howto's from other peoples (eg blogs) where they say that 9.04 just runs fine, out of the box
  so i installed 9.04, made an extra partition for /boot in the first 1gb, restarted and it works 
  then i turned the NAS off and what happens? grub error 18
  i installed 10.04 beta because is thought maybe its a bug which has been fixed in the new release.
  the same grub rescue has been showed after a shutdown...

  the strange thing is that it works as long as i dont power off the NAS
  and i have no idea whats going on

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Mar 28 19:19:18 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  Package: grub2 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu5
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic x86_64

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