I've hit this fairly repeatedly (always hit a grub2 error) on my system after install. I'm doing a dual boot Windows 7 / Ubuntu 11.10 install where I delete the existing Ubuntu install. I've fixed it every time with instructions from the web that had me...
Boot with install media and select "try out Ubuntu" Open a terminal Inside terminal run (first command needs to be tweaked to point at your install partition - /dev/sda5 part)... sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/885651 Title: fresh install of ubuntu-server fails to boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/885651/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
