Bug#557992: grub-pc: Booting is completely broken

[Daniel Schepler]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.97+20091124-1
Severity: grave

After updating to the latest version of grub-pc, I couldn't boot my system at 
all.  It kept complaining that it didn't understand "if" or "fi" and never got 
to any sort of prompt.  I had to use a rescue DVD and edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg 
to comment out the if...fi blocks.  Even then, it didn't understand "menuentry" 
and dumped me into a "rescue>" prompt, where I had to enter boot parameters by 
hand.

I tried executing a grub-install '(hd0)' after I got the system to boot, but 
that didn't improve anything.
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Daniel Schepler