To work around this (annoying) bug see [1], specifically Section 13 Reinstalling GRUB 2 from LiveCD
[1] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435 Title: upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs