Public bug reported:
System asked to apply 'partial updates' updates to X120e today, which
included some Grub2 items. After updates were installed, I rebooted
system as requested and was asked which devices the boot loader should
be installed on. Following advice in the help, I selected all devices.
However, system failed to reboot. Got black text screen with the following on
it:
error: invalid arch independent ELF magic.
grub rescue> _
This is the third time this has happened to me. First time was a month
or so ago. My X120e with 11.04 on it asked to apply updates. System
would not boot after updates were applied.
Re-installed 11.04 that evening, including reformatting the disk. System
had same problem, and would would not boot because of the 'ELF magic'
error.
Re-installed 11.04 yet again. This time, when asked to apply the partial
updates (no, I don't know why it asked for a partial update), I looked
at the packages that I was being asked to have installed. De-selected
Grub2 updates (no, I did not note which ones it was asking for). Updates
applied, system reboots normally and operates without a problem for
about a month.
Two days ago, I was asked to apply partial updates again. Today, I
decided to let Update apply everything it wanted again, but 'ELF magic'
issue occurred again.
The X120e is configured to boot with UEFI. My home directory was
encrypted - an install option. AMD64 install.
** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Thinkpad X120e (UEFI, AMD64) Won't Boot After Update
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