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sweetthdevil

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Registered: 2009-10-20

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[SOLVED]Restore Grub2

Hi all,

I had an error with my Windows 7 - which restored MBR. I installed grub2 very recently, and it worked like a charm; but I can't seems to find details on how to restore it as I suspect it will be different than grub(1)

Many thanks for your time,

Looking forward for your reply,

Last edited by sweetthdevil (2012-08-18 06:42:47)

progandy

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Registered: 2012-05-17

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Re: [SOLVED]Restore Grub2

You'll have to boot/chroot into your linux installation and then use grub-install again. At least that's what I would do.

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sweetthdevil

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Registered: 2009-10-20

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Re: [SOLVED]Restore Grub2

Do you happen to have a how to link?

SnowyMan95

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Registered: 2012-08-16

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Re: [SOLVED]Restore Grub2

As i just registered i wanna to say hello everybody

Now according to your question - just look at the Installation Guide. Mount everything to /mnt as it is said in point 5, then execute

arch-chroot /mnt

and

grub-install /dev/sda

or on whichever disk you want grub to reside. Done

sweetthdevil

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Registered: 2009-10-20

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Re: [SOLVED]Restore Grub2

Many thanks for your reply,

can i do that with an ubuntu live CD that I have (must be an 18 month old version)?

SnowyMan95

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Registered: 2012-08-16

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Re: [SOLVED]Restore Grub2

You need to use a new arch install image in order to have arch-chroot. Probably you can use normal chroot (which is available on Ubuntu) instead but i'm not sure if it is gonna to work. You can always try.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Change_Root

Last edited by SnowyMan95 (2012-08-17 10:38:48)

sweetthdevil

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Registered: 2009-10-20

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Re: [SOLVED]Restore Grub2

Right,

I always done my install of arch with a net install - which iso should I used?

SnowyMan95

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Re: [SOLVED]Restore Grub2

The net install iso is fine.

sweetthdevil

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Registered: 2009-10-20

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Re: [SOLVED]Restore Grub2

Used the net installed and it worked like a charm, somehow I thought it would be much more difficult

many thanks for your assitance

cfr

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Registered: 2011-11-27

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Re: [SOLVED]Restore Grub2

Please mark this thread [SOLVED].

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