error: you need to load kernel first

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Published on 2011-12-24T11:26:32Z Indexed on 2012/04/03 5:40 UTC
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I made a clean install on my Sony Vaio laptop, of Ubuntu 11.10 and when the installation was ready, it prompted to remove the usb I was installing the distro from, and press enter to reboot. After this reboot the first thing I got was the following error:

error: couldn't read file error: you need to load the kernel first

Press any key to continue..

After that it throws me back to the Grub select screen: Ubuntu, with linux 3.0.0-14-generic-pae recovery mode previous linux versions (none since I made a clean install) memory test

If i choose the first option it shows only a black screen and never loads anything. If i reboot the same thing happens.

Could I repair this using boot-repair? Is there any other way?

Note: I know nothing about linux code so i am a total noob on this one

Update: boot-repair did not help

Grub.cfg here: http://pastebin.com/GKLuDuhM

Boot Info Script: http://pastebin.com/indARkKJ

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