This is very strange. Can you boot a livecd and run: sudo e2fsck -f /dev/sda3
Also can you try booting the super grub disk, press c to get to the command line, and run ls -l and post the results? You can find it here: http://www.supergrubdisk.org/category/download/supergrub2diskdownload/ ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/929322 Title: Grub install fails on fresh 11.10 install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/grub/+bug/929322/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs