[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot/grub# grep title menu.lst | wc -l
1211
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot/grub# wc menu.lst
 11028  47216 351671 menu.lst
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot/grub# grep title menu.lst | tail +500 | head -3
title           Ubuntu, memtest86+ (on /dev/hda4) (on /dev/hda7) (on /dev/hda8) 
(on /dev/hda10) (on /dev/hda7) (on /dev/hda8) (on /dev/hda7)
title           debian (on /dev/hda5) (on /dev/hda4) (on /dev/hda7) (on 
/dev/hda8) (on /dev/hda10) (on /dev/hda7) (on /dev/hda8) (on /dev/hda7)
title           Memory test (on /dev/hda1) (on /dev/hda4) (on /dev/hda7) (on 
/dev/hda8) (on /dev/hda10) (on /dev/hda7) (on /dev/hda8) (on /dev/hda7)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot/grub#

This seems likely to me to be the cause of the problem.  The stage2
should print some kind of comprehensible error message about this;
ideally, it would disregard the excessive entries and let you use the
part it could cope with.

Ian.


** Summary changed:

- grub does not boot for me (!)
+ grub stage2 crashes if too many menu entries

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grub stage2 crashes if too many menu entries
https://launchpad.net/bugs/54041

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