Bug#564093: grub2: symbol 'grub_term_outputs_disabled' not found

[Felix Zielcke]

Am Donnerstag, den 07.01.2010, 11:18 -0600 schrieb Brian Paterni:
> Package: grub2
> Version: 1.98~experimental.20091229-1
> Severity: grave
> 
> grub2 boots into rescue mode with this error message:
> error: the symbol 'grub_term_outputs_disabled' not found
> 
> The command 'help' registers as an unknown command in rescue mode so
> I'm 
> not sure where I should go from here.
> 
> One more thing, I'm only seeing this on my desktop, however my laptop
> has 
> the same version of grub2 installed and it's able to boot, so it's 
> possible that it may be a configuration issue on my desktop(?)

Check with `echo GET grub-pc/install_devices | debconf-communicate'
what device is stored there. It has to be the disk your BIOS boots from.
To change it run `sudo dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc'

To restore GRUB:
http://grub.enbug.org/Grub2LiveCdInstallGuide
-- 
Felix Zielcke
Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer