[ILUG] More grub-related pain

[Brendan Halpin]

An apt-get update today has screwed up grub for me. 

The apt-get interface showed me some warnings which I didn't capture,
but this was in the log:


> Installation finished. No error reported.
> /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a
> partition instead of the MBR.  This is a BAD idea..
> /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible.  GRUB can
> only be installed in this setup by using blocklists.  However,
> blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
> Installation finished. No error reported.

It boots into grub, but gives me the following error:

> Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...
> error: file not found.
> Loading initial ramdisk ...
> error: you need to load the kernel first.

I've been playing around with live CDs, chrooting, grub-install
/dev/sda, update-grub, but to no avail. sda1 is boot, sda2 is an LVM
setup.

Clearly I don't understand grub, nor LVM. 

Help! 

Brendan
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