[wplug] grub-install

[Eric Cooper]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 01:35:59PM -0400, Arnaud Loos wrote:
> [...] 
>    Chroot /mnt/my_system
> 
>    Grub-install /dev/hda
> 
>    I'm able to mount hda2 and chroot to it. When I run grub-install
>    however I get back "/dev/hda: not found or not a block device"

You might not have a fully populated /dev directory in your target
system (if you're using udev, for example).  Try doing
    cp -a /dev/hda* /mnt/my_system/dev/
(outside the chroot), then chroot in and try the grub-install again.

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