grub 2: "error: You need to load the kernel first"

Sun Nov 1 21:33:27 UTC 2009

On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 18:28:08 +0100,
  Philipp Böhm <intelsonstnix at web.de> wrote:
> But If you replace grub2 with the legacy grub, you have to add an
> boot-partition for ubuntu 9.10 because the legacy grub can't boot an
> ext4-partition, which is the standard-fs of ubuntu.

That changed in Fedora 11 updates. If you use the latest grub in F11 or
F12 (I don't know if the F10 version got that ability.) it will be able
to boot off of ext4 partitions.