Re: HOWTO: Restore GRUB (if your MBR is messed up)
Thanks, pritam_par, for your excellent instructions!
Your method worked well when I tried it, except for a small change
needed in step 9:
You posted,
9. Verify the install
It worked for me when I left out 'sudo'
Thanks again!
Trent T
Quote:
Originally Posted by
pritam_par
Here are the few steps in which you can install Grub from CD
1.Boot from the Ubuntu Desktop
2. In Terminal tpye sudo fdisk -l .
It will display all partiton of the disk.
3. Mount the ubuntu partition drive
sudo mount /dev/sdXX /mnt
4.Only if you have a separate boot partition:
sudo mount /dev/sdYY /mnt/boot.
5. Mount the virtual filesystems:
sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
6. To ensure that only the grub utilities from the LiveCD get executed, mount /usr
sudo mount --bind /usr/ /mnt/usr
sudo chroot /mnt
7. update-grub
or update-grub2
8.Now reinstall Grub
grub-install /dev/sdX (eg. grub-install /dev/sdaDo not specify the partition number.
9. Verify the install
sudo grub-install --recheck /dev/sdX
10. Exit chroot : CTRL-D on keyboard.
11. Unmount virtual filesystems:
sudo umount /mnt/dev
sudo umount /mnt/proc
sudo umount /mnt/sys
12. Unmount the LiveCD's /usr directory:
sudo umount /mnt/usr
13. Unmount last device:
sudo umount /mnt
14. Reboot.
sudo reboot.
Re: HOWTO: Restore GRUB (if your MBR is messed up)
Hi everyone I've got a very bad situation.
I have a Dell inspiron 15r.
It had dual boot windows7 and Ubuntu.
I wanted to make a fresh install of both windows and Ubuntu.
When i booted win 7 DVD i accidentally deleted the Ubuntu swap partition.
Now the laptop doesn't turns on.
it's stuck at the boot screen.
I even removed the hard disk and tried to connect it to my desktop using sata to USB converter but it's not being detected it's spinning even showing an icon as if there is a USB device connected but no partitions showing.
I live booted Ubuntu without the hare disk plugged in and it works fine but obviously since no hard disk is connected there is no place to install.
Even when it's live booted up when i connected the hard disk nothing shows up.
Please help....
See the progress at the page below.
i apologize for repeating my problem but I'm helpless..
ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1916953
Re: HOWTO: Restore GRUB (if your MBR is messed up)
Quote:
Originally Posted by
wernst
Don't forget that this method, as described, puts GRUB back on the MBR (master boot record) of the hard drive instead of in the root parititon. This is fine for most people, but not if you already have an alternative boot manager.
In other words, if you use something like Boot Magic or System Commander, the commands you've just read will overwrite what you've got.
If you've installed GRUB into the Root Partition instead of the MBR, the commands are a little different. Here's are the instructions that I have for my system:
How to Restore the Grub Menu after a Re-Ghosting:
1. Boot from a Live CD, like Ubuntu Live, Knoppix, Mepis, or similar.
2. Open a Terminal. Go SuperUser (that is, type "su"). Enter root passwords as necessary.
3. Type "grub" which makes a GRUB prompt appear.
4. Type "find /boot/grub/stage1". You'll get a response like "(hd0)" or in my case "(hd0,3)". Use whatever your computer spits out for the following lines.
5. Type "root (hd0,3)".
6. Type "setup (hd0,3)". This is key. Other instructions say to use "(hd0)", and that's fine if you want to write GRUB to the MBR. If you want to write it to your linux root partition, then you want the number after the comma, such as "(hd0,3)".
7. Type "quit".
8. Restart the system. Remove the bootable CD.
Hope this helps. Since I use Norton Ghost to make regular backups and restores (I do a lot of testing), I do this all the time...
-Warr
Hey man, I did these steps but error 2 keeps getting displayed. I installed puppy linux, lucid pup, and it does install a bootable grub. The mint installer is the one that cannot do this. Any ideas?
Just a FYI, lucid puppy does install well and boots off ok, so I guess this is a problem with the mint installer.