[clug-talk] fixing grub oops typo

[Gustin Johnson]

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The grub-install command should look more like this:

grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/hda2 --no-floppy /dev/hda

Gustin Johnson wrote:
> Boot knoppix, mount root partition (or /boot if it is different)
> Run grub-install
> 
> For me it looks like this:
> 
> mount /mnt/hda2
> grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/hda2 --no-floppy
> 
> Mitchell Brown wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've just (mistakenly) installed Windows Vista (wow, what a letdown -
>>> but thats another story). Anyways, it kindly decided to overwrite my MBR
>>> with "Windows Boot Loader". Great, except it doesn't detect my Ubuntu
>>> Dapper install.
>>>
>>> Now, I have no idea how to get my Grub back to make Ubuntu bootable
>>> again. As instructed, I tried the following command. To no avail.
>>>
>>>
>>>     rub> find /boot/grub/stage1
>>>      (hd0,5)
>>>
>>>     grub> root (hd0,5)
>>>      Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
>>>
>>>
>>>     grub> setup (hd0,5)
>>>      Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
>>>      Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
>>>      Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
>>>
>>>      Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,5)"... failed (this is not fatal)
>>>      Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,5)"... failed (this is not fatal)
>>>      Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,5) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu
>>>
>>>     .lst "... succeeded
>>>     Done.
>>>
>>>     grub>
>>>
>>>  
>>> Needless to say - that didn't work.
>>> So can anyone provide me with a quickfix, or do I have to reinstall Ubuntu?
>>>
>>> -- 
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