I had this problem using the official "Dell Recovery Media" for the just-released Haswell Dell XPS 13 with Ubuntu 12.04 pre-installed.
After using the official recovery media, I couldn't boot, receiving the same grub error. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/934614 Title: reinstall of precise breaks grub with invalid arch independent ELF magic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/934614/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs