I have encountered this bug on both an upgrade and an install of 14.04
with on a Toshiba Laptop
$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End SizeFile system Name
After many attempts I have found a fix that works for my situation (Win
8 dual boot with 14-04 upgraded from 13-10 after running boot repair)
Status before fix
on power-up "symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found"
boot from 14-04 USB
sudo parted -l
Model: ATA TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1 (scsi)
@psusi,
Thanks for the suggestions - As my laptop is currently running a fresh install
of 13.04, I'm not sure the requested information is relevant:
olly@olly-laptop-1-ubuntu:/var/log/dist-upgrade$ ls
olly@olly-laptop-1-ubuntu:/var/log/dist-upgrade$ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available
@psusi
I am aware that I should not be running 13.04; that is why I attemped to
install 14.04, which failed due to the bug we are all discussing!
The information I gave is from a functional re-install of 13.04, which
successfully boots either into Ubuntu or Win8, apparently without grub-efi.
When
Some thoughts after reading the comments to date:
The root cause of this error is stated clearly on #109
Various successful workarounds have been reported, including:
Identifying the device mounted on /boot then chrooting to it.
Then either manually uninstalling and reinstalling the grub packages
refers to #129
Sorry - I got the sequence wrong!
boot from usb or cd
df
to determine device mounted on /boot/efi (sda2 in my case)
cd /tmp
mkdir mount-point
sudo mount /dev/sda2 /tmp/mount-point
sudo mount --bind /dev /tmp/mount-point/dev
sudo mount --bind /proc /tmp/mount-point/proc
sudo mount
