persistant err in grub during first boot up

[mysteryonion]

This error first started to show up during the upgrade to 12.10 and could not be corrected using other method that are none install disk based. The fix method did not work either and so finally the use of the install disk was employed. It eventually gave the fatal error for grub. I am forced to wipe the drive as it seems this was a bad upgrade that caused much damage. Backed up my data and so hope this clean install will solve it. Hope the error dump is of use.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubiquity 2.12.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.328
Date: Sat Dec 8 09:12:57 2012
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)