Hello and thank you in advance for your help!

I've been running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on a 128G SSD (successfully) until today when I attempted to burn a 64bit Ubuntu 14.04 iso to USB stick (8GB).

(Oh, I installed it as encrypted, as you will see in the data dump below)

My pc rebooted and came up with the following GRUB rescue prompt...

error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found.
Enterng rescue mode...
grub rescue>


(USB stick removed yields same result)

I booted using a boot-repair-disk-64bit CD and gathered the following info...


Boot Info Script e7fc706 + Boot-Repair extra info [Boot-Info 31Jan2013]


============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================

=> Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 1 of
the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
in partition 112 for .

sda1: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: ext2
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files:

sda2: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________ ________________________

File system: crypto_LUKS
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:

============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda __________________________________________________ ___________________

Disk /dev/sda: 128.0 GB, 128035676160 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 15566 cylinders, total 250069680 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System

/dev/sda1 * 2,048 499,711 497,664 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 501,758 250,068,991 249,567,234 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 501,760 250,068,991 249,567,232 83 Linux


"blkid" output: __________________________________________________ ______________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 4495be0f-35c2-4061-959a-84f463b6a1bb ext2
/dev/sda5 3e4be853-8de1-4f20-8798-fa835da665ef crypto_LUKS
/dev/sr0 iso9660 Boot-Repair-Disk 64bit

================================ Mount points: =================================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)


======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc: ========================

Unknown BootLoader on sda2

00000000 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |................|
*
000001b0 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 3b |...............;|
000001c0 1d 1f 83 fe ff ff 02 00 00 00 00 18 e0 0e 00 00 |................|
000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
*
000001f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 aa |..............U.|
00000200

Unknown BootLoader on sda5

00000000 4c 55 4b 53 ba be 00 01 61 65 73 00 00 00 00 00 |LUKS....aes.....|
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 78 74 73 2d 70 6c 61 69 |........xts-plai|
00000030 6e 36 34 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |n64.............|
00000040 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 73 68 61 31 00 00 00 00 |........sha1....|
00000050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000060 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 40 |...............@|
00000070 a1 19 14 44 2c 0b a3 ff 9c bb d0 cc 95 f0 eb e4 |...D,...........|
00000080 f9 a1 93 84 60 11 43 e4 9a a4 87 4f d8 40 f8 ee |....`.C....O.@..|
00000090 f5 df b4 57 f3 a2 50 4a 0c 10 a3 21 64 9d 8e a9 |...W..PJ...!d...|
000000a0 7d 09 e2 6f 00 00 65 13 33 65 34 62 65 38 35 33 |}..o..e.3e4be853|
000000b0 2d 38 64 65 31 2d 34 66 32 30 2d 38 37 39 38 2d |-8de1-4f20-8798-|
000000c0 66 61 38 33 35 64 61 36 36 35 65 66 00 00 00 00 |fa835da665ef....|
000000d0 00 ac 71 f3 00 01 99 d5 32 86 48 36 8e e9 59 c5 |..q.....2.H6..Y.|
000000e0 62 f2 1b 8f 03 4e f3 68 9e 54 60 83 cc 39 ef 85 |b....N.h.T`..9..|
000000f0 f2 5b e1 02 49 ce 78 5e 00 00 00 08 00 00 0f a0 |.[..I.x^........|
00000100 00 00 de ad 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000110 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000120 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 0f a0 |................|
00000130 00 00 de ad 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000140 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000150 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 f8 00 00 0f a0 |................|
00000160 00 00 de ad 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000170 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 f0 00 00 0f a0 |................|
00000190 00 00 de ad 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 e8 00 00 0f a0 |................|
000001c0 00 00 de ad 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 e0 00 00 0f a0 |................|
000001f0 00 00 de ad 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000200


=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================

File descriptor 8 (/proc/2608/mounts) leaked on lvscan invocation. Parent PID 7802: bash
No volume groups found

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :
=================== log of boot-repair 2014-10-31__01h42 ===================
boot-repair version : 3.198~ppa16~raring
boot-sav version : 3.198~ppa16~raring
glade2script version : 3.2.2~ppa45~raring
boot-sav-extra version : 3.198~ppa16~raring
File descriptor 8 (/proc/2608/mounts) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 4209: /bin/sh
No volume groups found
boot-repair is executed in live-session (Boot-Repair-Disk 64bit 24avr2013, raring, Ubuntu, x86_64)
ls: cannot access /home/usr/.config: No such file or directory
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
mount: unknown filesystem type 'crypto_LUKS'
mount /dev/sda5 -> Error code 32

=================== os-prober:


=================== blkid:
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sda1: UUID="4495be0f-35c2-4061-959a-84f463b6a1bb" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sda5: UUID="3e4be853-8de1-4f20-8798-fa835da665ef" TYPE="crypto_LUKS"
/dev/sr0: LABEL="Boot-Repair-Disk 64bit" TYPE="iso9660"

mount: unknown filesystem type 'crypto_LUKS'
mount /dev/sda5 -> Error code 32
Warning: extended partition does not start at a cylinder boundary.
DOS and Linux will interpret the contents differently.
=================== UEFI/Legacy mode:
This live-session is not in EFI-mode.
EFI in dmesg.
[ 0.000000] ACPI: UEFI 00000000bfbfd000 00236 (v01 HPQOEM 18A6 00000001 HP 00040000)
SecureBoot maybe enabled.


=================== PARTITIONS & DISKS:
sda1 : sda, maybesepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, no-os, not--efi--part, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, standard, not-far, /mnt/boot-sav/sda1.
sda5 : sda, maybesepboot, no-grubenv nogrub, no-docgrub, no-update-grub, 32, no-boot, no-os, not--efi--part, part-has-no-fstab, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot, nopakmgr, nogrubinstall, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, standard, farbios, /mnt/boot-sav/sda5.

sda : not-GPT, BIOSboot-not-needed, has-no-EFIpart, not-usb, no-os, 2048 sectors * 512 bytes


=================== parted -l:

Model: ATA OCZ-VERTEX4 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 128GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 256MB 255MB primary ext2 boot
2 257MB 128GB 128GB extended
5 257MB 128GB 128GB logical


Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0
has been opened read-only.
Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label

=================== parted -lm:

BYT;
/dev/sda:128GB:scsi:512:512:msdos:ATA OCZ-VERTEX4;
1:1049kB:256MB:255MB:ext2::boot;
2:257MB:128GB:128GB:::;
5:257MB:128GB:128GB:::;

Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0
has been opened read-only.
Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label


=================== mount:
/cow on / type overlayfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
udev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
/dev/sr0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime)
none on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mode=0755)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/lubuntu/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=lubuntu)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/boot-sav/sda1 type ext2 (rw)


=================== ls:
/sys/block/sda (filtered): alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro sda1 sda2 sda5 size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/sys/block/sr0 (filtered): alignment_offset bdi capability dev device discard_alignment events events_async events_poll_msecs ext_range holders inflight power queue range removable ro size slaves stat subsystem trace uevent
/dev (filtered): alarm ashmem autofs binder block bsg btrfs-control bus cdrom cdrw char console core cpu cpu_dma_latency disk dri dvd dvdrw ecryptfs fb0 fd freefall full fuse hpet input kmsg kvm log mapper mcelog mem net network_latency network_throughput null oldmem port ppp psaux ptmx pts random rfkill rtc rtc0 sda sda1 sda2 sda5 sg0 sg1 shm snapshot snd sr0 stderr stdin stdout uinput urandom v4l vga_arbiter vhost-net video0 zero
ls /dev/mapper: control

=================== df -Th:

Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/cow overlayfs 2.7G 20M 2.7G 1% /
udev devtmpfs 2.7G 12K 2.7G 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 538M 812K 537M 1% /run
/dev/sr0 iso9660 508M 508M 0 100% /cdrom
/dev/loop0 squashfs 435M 435M 0 100% /rofs
none tmpfs 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs tmpfs 2.7G 8.0K 2.7G 1% /tmp
none tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock
none tmpfs 2.7G 0 2.7G 0% /run/shm
none tmpfs 100M 12K 100M 1% /run/user
/dev/sda1 ext2 236M 2.1M 222M 1% /mnt/boot-sav/sda1

=================== fdisk -l:

Disk /dev/sda: 128.0 GB, 128035676160 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 15566 cylinders, total 250069680 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: 0x000c7825

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 499711 248832 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 501758 250068991 124783617 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 501760 250068991 124783616 83 Linux


No OS has been found on this computer.

=================== Default settings
Recommended-Repair
This setting would not act on the MBR.
Additional repair would be performed: repair-filesystems

=================== Settings chosen by the user
Boot-Info
This setting will not act on the MBR.



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