I installed 12.10 on a totally blank computer with a new media and had the same problem. It has a CF slot, hence I'm installing 12.10 on the CF card from a USB key. At first reboot after installation, i get the same problem, namely This is the case no matter if the usb key is inserted or not.
Using snippets from http://karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/2011/09/09/how-to- fix-grub-rescue-prompt-without-live-cd-for-grub2/ I am trying to at least boot once and get into a proper shell, and not just "grub rescue", but that's in vain. I tried >ls (hd0) (hd0,msdos1) >set prefix=(hd0,msdos1)/boot/grub >insmod (hd0,msdos1)/boot/grub/linux.mod error: attempt to read or write outside of disk 'hd0'. *sigh* I've always hated grub2. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/384633 Title: Grub Installer uses device name instead of UUID, leading to unbootable system To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/384633/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
