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I made a clean install on my Sony Vaio laptop, of Ubuntu 11.10 and when the installation was ready, it prompted to remove the USB I was installing the distro from, and press enter to reboot. After this reboot the first thing I got was the following error:

error: couldn't read file
error: you need to load the kernel first

Press any key to continue..

After that it throws me back to the Grub select screen:

Ubuntu, with linux 3.0.0-14-generic-pae
recovery mode
previous Linux versions (none since I made a clean install)
memory test

If I choose the first option it shows only a black screen and never loads anything. If I reboot the same thing happens.

Could I repair this using boot-repair? Is there any other way?

Note: I know nothing about Linux code so I am a total noob on this one

Update: boot-repair did not help

Grub.cfg here: http://pastebin.com/GKLuDuhM

Boot Info Script: http://pastebin.com/indARkKJ

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  • Hi - please look at the Q&A and pastebin the output from the script that is suggested to be run. http://askubuntu.com/questions/90045/how-do-i-investigate-boot-and-partition-issues – fossfreedom Dec 24 '11 at 12:56
  • Thanks for your reply.

    I have pasted the info here: http://pastebin.com/indARkKJ

     – Angelos318 Dec 24 '11 at 13:16
  • Some possible solutions have been posted earlier in this similar question. These might help you. – Exeleration-G Dec 24 '11 at 13:23
  • I have tried the boot-repair, mind you, I dont understand much of the other stuff posted there... :( – Angelos318 Dec 24 '11 at 13:30
  • you have "nomodeset" in your recovery boot options but "acpi=off" in the normal boot options. Why? If you select "recovery mode" what happens? If you press "e" on the first option and change "nomodeset" for "acpi=off" (or just remove "nomodeset") followed by CTRL+X to boot, what happens? – fossfreedom Dec 24 '11 at 13:57
  • If i select recovery mode the same thing happens. I removed the nomodeset but again the same thing happened.

    I do not know why those setting are like this, probably after I used the boot-repair-disk?

     – Angelos318 Dec 24 '11 at 17:11
  • I tried a new clean install as a sledgehammer approach because of my lack of knowledge, but nothing worked. Since when I had 8.10 it worked fine...

    I dont know whats the case? Could it be faulty HDD?

     – Angelos318 Dec 25 '11 at 01:28
  • How can I mark this as solved? Adter a lot of search I diagnosed that the problem was a faulty HDD. This came with the help of some guys of the Grub community in IRC.

    Thanks everyone for their amazing help! Wish you well!

     – Angelos318 Dec 27 '11 at 23:42
  • Oh, I almost missed it as it was hidden behind "show 3 more". I will add it as an answer to the question. – int_ua Jan 18 '12 at 00:24
  • What HDD was that? – int_ua Jan 18 '12 at 00:25
  • This question appears to be abandoned, if you are experiencing a similar issue please ask a new question with details pertaining to your problem. If you feel this question is not abandoned, please flag the question explaining that. I am flagging this for closure. Regards, – Ringtail Apr 07 '12 at 20:53

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Try to check your disk drive, it means that GRUB really can't read the file /boot/vmlinuz.... You can check the file by trying to copy it or the disk with badblocks command as suggested on http://www.linux.org.ru/forum/linux-hardware/7228767 (in Russian).

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