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[SOLVED] GRUB / MBR problem

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http://crunchbanglinux.org – Hello, I'm new here but have been using #! for the last couple of years.I dual boot - Crunchbang on /dev/sdb and Windows on /dev/sdaI recently performed a fresh install of the November 2011 Statler.  As always, towards the end of the installation, GRUB detected the other operating system and I chose to install GRUB to the MBR.  I've done this many times and it has always worked smoothly.When I reboot, I get a GRUB error message: unknown filesystem and I get a grub rescue prompt.I've done some searching, and if I type the followingset prefix=(hd1,1)/boot/grub set root=( (HowTos)

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