[Bug 885651] Re: fresh install of ubuntu-server fails to boot

[Joe Millenbach]

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

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Title:
  fresh install of ubuntu-server fails to boot

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  A fresh install of Ubuntu Server 11.10 x64 fails to boot on several
  IBM x3650M3. The grub error message is "error: invalid arch
  independent ELF magic". I've tried numerous tips (booting a live-cd
  and reinstalling grub, mucking around with efi...) on the net
  regarding this error, but to no avail. Ubuntu 11.04 does install and
  boot on the machines.

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