Public bug reported: Grub tries to boot every option on hd0,0 and gives error 17 if trying something else than windows
fdisk -l gives: Disk /dev/hda: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14946 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 5099 40957686 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2 5100 14945 79087995 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda5 5100 10198 40957686 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda6 10199 14945 38130246 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/hdb: 30.6 GB, 30616363008 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3722 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 1 2550 20482843+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hdb2 2551 2805 2048287+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hdb3 2806 3722 7365802+ 83 Linux ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- update broke grub (2.6.15-27) https://launchpad.net/bugs/61551 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs