grub-common should be a text file not random binary garbage. You can recover that file from the deb archive. Open a terminal and run the following commands: $ mkdir /tmp/grub-common $ cd /tmp/grub-common $ aptitude download grub-common $ dpkg -x grub-common-*.deb .
The file you're looking for is in ./etc/init.d/grub-common Backup then replace /etc/init.d/grub-common with the later. Your filesystem is probably corrupted, you should run a filesystem check. -- package grub-common 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: /etc/init.d/grub-common: 1: Syntax error: "|" unexpected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/568864 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
