grub-install fails with a 126 error code

Bug #1037922 reported by YannUbuntu
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Boot-Repair
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
grub
New
Unknown

Bug Description

Bug converted from this question: https://answers.launchpad.net/boot-repair/+question/206015

The user (Rik = rufn) reported this problem:
- Just before the problem appeared: Rik is not certain what he was doing but he may have disconnected a second hdd, he now only has one drive connected and had 2 earlier. He also installed the latest updates.
- Then: the system failed to boot and gave message "unknown filesystem grub ???"
- Attempt of GRUB repair: Rik ran Boot-Repair (from a Boot-Repair-Disk), and selected the recommended repair, which tried to reinstall GRUB via chroot into the installed Ubuntu (log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1149152 ).

As we can see in the log:
- grub-install failed (MBR still points to sda6 when it should point to sda1)
- grub-install returned a 126 error code

YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)
description: updated
Changed in boot-repair:
status: New → Triaged
YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)
Changed in grub:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
Changed in grub:
status: Unknown → New
YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)
Changed in boot-repair:
status: Triaged → Invalid
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