[Bug 972221] Re: error invalid blocklist, press any key to continue......

[Alan Bell]

Setting up libgvc5 (2.26.3-10ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libgvpr1 (2.26.3-10ubuntu1) ...
Setting up graphviz (2.26.3-10ubuntu1) ...
Setting up grub-common (1.99-20ubuntu1) ...
Setting up grub2-common (1.99-20ubuntu1) ...
Setting up grub-pc-bin (1.99-20ubuntu1) ...
Setting up grub-pc (1.99-20ubuntu1) ...
Installation finished. No error reported.
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition-less disk or to a partition.  This is a BAD idea..
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible.  GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists.  However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: non-sector-aligned data is found in the core file.
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-21-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-20-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-19-generic


I got the above when updating today along with a screen warning me it had failed to update grub. Will reboot later and hopefully confirm it still boots.

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Title:
  error invalid blocklist, press any key to continue......

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I just had a daily update in Ubuntu 12.04, and during the update, ir
  gace an error saying it couldnt install the update and because of this
  you might not be able to boot from grub.......once I carried on, and
  rebooted, the grub appeared, you hit enter and that error appears

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