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Yes, this is a known problem with precise.

The discussion on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/669481 indicates that a fix has been released, although one wasn't - a 12.04 default server install will STILL happily hang after a boot problem until you press "enter" on your keyboard. Additional reboots will not help.

And given that 12.04 is still the LTS version, it makes Ubuntu unusable for long term remote servers unless you have an IPKVM.

Of course, after 12.04.03 you can update your /etc/default/grub to include:

    GRUB_RECORDFAIL_TIMEOUT=0
 
and then do

    grub-update
(and some people say you should also do:

    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc
Although I can't figure out why that would be needed)


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