Is there a command to locate where grub2 is installed

[Kir_B]

Hi all.

I'm trying to find out which partition grub2 is installed in. Is there a command for this, as I suspect that I may have told it to install to the wrong partition during the upgrade from Karmic to Lucid, and now, I suspect that I've crippled the boot sector for my vista installation.

Thanks a lot. Kirby

[Kir_B]

Thanks to everyone that looked into it, but apparently, there must not be one.

I did finally get my answer as to where grub2 is installed. I downloaded the boot info script and then ran it with the following code (must be located on/in your desktop for this code to work):

sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh

Once it was done running, it saved to my desktop, I opened it with gedit , and the pertinent info was right near the top of the document.

I hope that helps someone. Now I'm back to finding out how get my vista running again, since the upgrade to Lucid, has left it un-bootable .

Thanks again everyone. Kirby

[dcstar]

Hi all.

I'm trying to find out which partition grub2 is installed in. Is there a command for this, as I suspect that I may have told it to install to the wrong partition during the upgrade from Karmic to Lucid, and now, I suspect that I've crippled the boot sector for my vista installation.

Thanks a lot. Kirby

A "boot sector" is only used to boot the PC, not a particular OS.

[joebu23]

You might want to try to boot from a windows install disk and see if the restore option will work. I'm not sure if it will, but if I remember correctly, the restore process will find the original Windows install and perhaps restore the boot loader.

Also found this:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Re...tallingWindows

That should help you setup the boot loader for dual booting.

[Kir_B]

Thanks joebu23, I'm going to take the plunge tomorrow.

Kirby

[gacb]

Install Startup-Manager on the partition you think Grub is on. Change the default boot partition and see if it made any difference. If not, it's on the other partition.

I have multiple partitions and installed Start-up-Manager sequentially on each until I found the right one.

I bit clunky, but useful for non-scripters.

[Kir_B]

Install Startup-Manager on the partition you think Grub is on. Change the default boot partition and see if it made any difference. If not, it's on the other partition.

I have multiple partitions and installed Start-up-Manager sequentially on each until I found the right one.

I bit clunky, but useful for non-scripters.

Thanks for the response gacb, but the boot info script did the job quite nicely. See above.

Kirby