Grub Issues - ( Path `/boot/grub' is not rea | error: failed to get canonica )

[vixsandlee]

Nope its still ^&^£%64!!!!!

xbmc@XBMC-PC:~$ cd /
xbmc@XBMC-PC:/$ sudo update-grub
[sudo] password for xbmc:
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: failed to get canonical path of /dev/disk/by-uuid/a6d540c2-1fff-4e92-a181-87a071d7e209.
xbmc@XBMC-PC:/$

xbmc@XBMC-PC:/$ sudo fdisk -l


Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00023408


   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048   166651903    83324928   83  Linux
/dev/sda2      1914454014  1953523711    19534849    5  Extended
/dev/sda3       166651904  1914449919   873899008   83  Linux
/dev/sda5      1914454016  1953523711    19534848   82  Linux swap / Solaris


Partition table entries are not in disk order

This is bloody frustrating

Well any other ideas I suppose ?

[oldfred]

Sometimes a full chroot uninstall grub & reinstall grub works or helps. You can do that from Boot-Repair.

Sometimes Supergrub will boot.
http://www.supergrubdisk.org/
http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wiki/Main_Page

Then you can to the full reinstall of grub from inside your install.

#to get grub2 to remember where to reinstall on updates:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc
#Enter thru first pages,spacebar to choose/unchoose drive, enter to accept, do not choose partitions