[wplug] grub-install

[Jonathan S. Billings]

On 07/14/2006 01:35 PM, Arnaud Loos wrote:
> So I’m trying to run grub install to make grub my bootloader after 
> reinstalling windows.
> 
> Steps I’m taking (found at linuxquestions.org):
> 
> Boot Knoppix
> 
> Mkdir /mnt/my_system
> 
> Mount –t ext3 /dev/hda2 /mnt/my_system

You can probably stop here, and use:

% grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/my_system /dev/hda

However, I would probably not even bother booting into Knoppix.  I have 
a grub boot disk that I keep handy.  I'd just boot off the grub boot 
disk, and type in the appropriate kernel and initrd lines, then boot the 
OS, and re-run grub-install on my fully functional OS.

Grub boot disks are easy to make.  Just format a floppy with a fat 
filesystem (so you can put images on it from windows, if necessary), and 
run 'grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/floppy /dev/fd0'.


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Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>

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