This is a new ubuntu 10.04 root server at the hoster. I did the initial

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

Now I am confronted with this message each time I run sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

root@Ubuntu-1004-lucid-64-minimal ~ # sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information      
Initializing package states... Done
The following partially installed packages will be configured:
  grub-pc 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Setting up grub-pc (1.98-1ubuntu8) ...
dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 grub-pc
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up grub-pc (1.98-1ubuntu8) ...
dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 grub-pc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information      
Initializing package states... Done

How can I fix this / make the message go away in a safe way?

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Is this a Virtual Private Server (VPS)? If so, is it based on OpenVZ/Virtuozzo virtualization technology, or something else? – Steven Monday Nov 30 '10 at 2:09
No, it is actually a real root server, no virtualization involved. – mit Dec 6 '10 at 23:28
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I wrote to support and they fixed it. I believe they had not properly managed their package mirrors.

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