grub2 install problems and partial fix

[Timothy Webster]

tried to grub legacy but it also failed to grub rescue

from ubuntu live rescue CD
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
mount --bind /proc /mount/proc
chroot /mnt
mv /boot/grub /boot/grub_backup
aptitude purge grub-pc grub-common os-prober
aptitude install grub grub-common os-prober


The glue I needed! This met that the mbr on either of the disk was wrong. So I wiped the mbr on both disks. This allowed me to boot into windows again. 

The reinstall grub
ubuntu live cd
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt
mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc

grub
> find /boot/grub/stage1
>root (hd0,2)
> setup (hd0)
exit


reboot

from within ubuntu 
aptitude install grub-pc grub-common os-prober

reboot

from within ubuntu

upgrade-from-grub-legacy

reboot
mostly worked, but did not have the right disk uuid for debian partition

seem a little stuck on this one....

I have looked at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/403408
comment #10 resulted in a new error
you need to load the kernel first

ubuntu and windows boots fine, but debian amd64 fails with the above error.

This is where I am stuck. 



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because this was not a ubuntu install it did not automatically detect the windows and the debian 64 os which will be a windows virtualbox




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>   Hi, 
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> I have managed to find a configuration that karmic does not
> like.
> karmic amd64 with grup-pc on  ext4. I am not really sure
> how to fix this This is desktop I don't feel like
> lugging it unless I must.
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> After installation
> --
> Entering rescue mode ....
> error: unknown filesystem
> grub rescue> 
> 
> ls at the rescue prompt gives
> 
> (hd0) (hd0,3) (hd0,2) (hd1) (hd1,5) (hd1,3) (hd1,1)
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> fdisk -l from the rescue disk 
> 
> Device    Boot     Id  System
> /dev/sda1  *       7   HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda2          f   W95 Ext'd
> /dev/sda3          83  Linux
> /dev/sda5          7   HPFS/NTFS
> 
> /dev/sdb1          7   HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sdb2          83  Linux
> /dev/sdb3          82  Linux Swap
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> All these mount without errors.
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> Should I revert to Legacy grub?
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