# grub_term_highlight_color


During two Ubuntu 14.04 upgrades, both on a Mac (so needing an EFI boot), grub was borked
after the install resulting in a `grub rescue` prompt when booting. 

The actual error was `error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found`.

Needless to say I couldn't get the system to boot from this prompt. 

I had a Fedora boot USB stick laying around, but using that did not really fix the problem, in any 
case I could use it to copy off `/home` if I could not rescue the system.

*HOWEVER*, the following procedure worked great!

* Download [super grub disk](http://www.supergrubdisk.org/);
    * 1.4 MB download!
* Copy it to an USB stick: `dd if=super_grub_disk_hybrid-1.98s1.iso of=/dev/sdb`;
* Boot from this USB stick;
* In the boot menu, choose detect OSs;
* Boot you newly minted, unbootable, Ubuntu 14.04;
* If all goes well it should boot Ubuntu and you can log in;
* Install and use [boot repair](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair);
* If you use EFI, check this: <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI>.