[Bug 1311247] Re: [Grubenv] error: malformed file, press any key to continue

[msth67]

Just a clarification,the error message when trying to reinstall Grub in
the first case ("I was able to boot the system but then it was not
possible to reinstall grub from the running system with the usual sudo
grub-install /dev/sdX command.") was:

Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklistts are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
grub-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists.

The workaround described in comment #53 apparently works for me,as the
error message is no longer visible,however the boot process itself now
seems to take a bit longer.

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Title:
  [Grubenv] error: malformed file, press any key to continue

Status in GRand Unified Bootloader:
  Unknown
Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have just upgraded from 12.04 to 14.04

  Since the upgrade, when I boot up, the process stops and the normal
  grub screen is replaced after a short while by a message saying

  "error: malformed file, press any key to continue"

  Pressing a key allows booting to continue.

  Someone else who experienced this found that the problem went away
  after having re-installed grub.  I tried this but this did not resolve
  the problem for me.

  synaptic reports the grub package as 2.02~beta2-9

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