[ubuntu-in] Unable to install GRUB

[arvind_khadri]

On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 12:00 +0000, ubuntu-in-request at lists.ubuntu.com
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>    1. Re:  Unable to install GRUB (Manish Sinha)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:37:10 +0530
> From: Manish Sinha <manishsinha.tech at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] Unable to install GRUB
> To: Ubuntu India Local Community <ubuntu-in at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Ankur Lachhiramka wrote:
> > heyy no problem for that. There is a very standard process for this problem...
> > U gota insert the Ubuntu cd again and select the option "try Ubuntu
> > without making any change to ur pc" this will get in ubuntu in trail
> > mode.
> > then u gota start the terminal and then type some commands...
> >   
> The commands are:
> 
> 1) Try to mount the partition where you have installed ubuntu, hope you 
> know by its number, let it be sdax
> 
> $ sudo mount   /dev/sdax   /mnt
> 
> 2) chroot into this directory
> 
> $ sudo chroot /mnt
> 
> 3) Now open grub inside the chrooted environment
> 
> $ grub
> 
> 4) Try to find where GRUB is installed
> 
> grub> find  /boot/grub/stage2
> 
> 5) You would get some output like (hdx,y) which means GRUB is on hard 
> disk hdx and partition number y
> 
> Now type the two commands
> 
> grub> root  (hdx,y)
> 
> 
> grub> setup (hdx)
> 
> And its done.....
> 
> hdx should come to hd0 in most of the cases. Please ignore "$" and 
> "grub>" wen typing the commands, they are just shell and grub prompts
> 
> Regards,
> Manish
> 
> 
> 
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Hi, there is no need to do chroot, chroot is pretty dangerous.Follow the
steps from number 3, just do $sudo grub, then you get the grub
terminal.The steps from there remain same.A guide is there below too[1]
[1]
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows