I do have a separate filesystem for /boot. I have restarted into the LiveUSB from which i've installed the system and ran e2fsck -f on that partition. It has reported that everything was fine. The error message still remains, however.
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1405096 Title: error: malformed file at boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1405096/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs