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Arm-the-Homeless

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Registered: 2008-12-22

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How to Install GRUB without setting it up from installation

How could I install GRUB if I skipped setting up the bootloader at installation (kept Ubuntu's GRUB)

Misfit138

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Re: How to Install GRUB without setting it up from installation

You could check the wiki.

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Arm-the-Homeless

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Re: How to Install GRUB without setting it up from installation

You could check the wiki.

Stupid Wiki... always outsmarting me...
I SHALL HAVE MY REVENGE!!!!!!!!!

Thanks.

EDIT:

grub> setup (hd0,2)
 Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
 Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no

Error 15: File not found

Last edited by Arm-the-Homeless (2008-12-24 17:59:34)

nowahn

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Registered: 2008-12-05

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Re: How to Install GRUB without setting it up from installation

I skipped setting up the bootloader at installation

your /boot/grub is empty when skipping this (except menu.lst)
copy this files before installing grub :

cp /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/* /boot/grub/

("i386-pc" should be different if you are using x86_64)

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jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

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Re: How to Install GRUB without setting it up from installation

I skipped setting up the bootloader at installation

your /boot/grub is empty when skipping this (except menu.lst)
copy this files before installing grub :

cp /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/* /boot/grub/

("i386-pc" should be different if you are using x86_64)

I am on x86_64 and only see a i386 directory. Must be same thing??? No...

nowahn

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Re: How to Install GRUB without setting it up from installation

I am on x86_64 and only see a i386 directory. Must be same thing??? No...

I didn't know, I'm only using 32bit archlinux. that was just in case it was in a another directory

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Arm-the-Homeless

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Re: How to Install GRUB without setting it up from installation

I'm on 32-bit Arch. So it's fine for me.

And kernel 2.6.28 was just released yesterday, when do new kernels come in the repos? (since I'm too lazy to compile myself )

somedrew

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Registered: 2007-05-14

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Re: How to Install GRUB without setting it up from installation

And kernel 2.6.28 was just released yesterday, when do new kernels come in the repos? (since I'm too lazy to compile myself )

Already in [testing]

Last edited by somedrew (2008-12-27 12:57:01)