Following are my notes while I successfully recovered Ubuntu 12.04-LTS from grub recovery mode.
On a side note, if you ever accidentally delete /boot directory simply type the line below - just like this guy. Of course you need the find the appropriate linux-image-x.x.xx-xx-server and you do need to catch this blunder before rebooting.
I am using a Macbook Pro and trying to create a Ubuntu Live USB.
Create a Live USB using instructions from here.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-mac-osx
This tells you how to work through grub rescue.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/197833/recovering-from-grub-rescue-crash
This video offers additional help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lod8sRb_6I
On a side note, if you ever accidentally delete /boot directory simply type the line below - just like this guy. Of course you need the find the appropriate linux-image-x.x.xx-xx-server and you do need to catch this blunder before rebooting.
sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-image-2.6.32-42-server
