Follow-up Comment #1, bug #27069 (project grub):
I ran into a similar problem recently. I think I know what's going on.
I installed (Ubuntu) Linux onto the end of a 500GB USB external hard drive,
connected to a laptop. When I rebooted after the install, I got the unknown
filesystem error. But
URL:
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27069
Summary: Unknown filesystem error with non-first partition
of disk
Project: GNU GRUB
Submitted by: sreich
Submitted on: Tue 21 Jul 2009 06:40:50 PM GMT
Category: Filesystem