[Solved] grub2 installation problem

pingpong · 2012-10-12 09:44:09

I reinstall grub2 by following the wiki

# modprobe dm-mod
# grub-install --target=i386-pc --grub-setup=/bin/true --recheck --debug /dev/sda
# mkdir -p /boot/grub/locale
# cp /usr/share/locale/en@quot/LC_MESSAGES/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo

the last step "cp..." resulted in a No space left on device error.

And now I cannot boot into my system anymore. I read the related discussion on this forum but don't seem to find this error being discussed.
Please help

Last edited by pingpong (2012-10-13 06:07:46)

pingpong · 2012-10-12 10:31:11

I moved the old locale directory to my home directory (boot the system with a liveCD, Parted Magic to be specific) and managed to copy the grub.mo file to /boot/grub/locale/en.mo

However, I got screwed up somewhere along the process and lost the grub.cfg that was generated by grub-mkconfig.

I guess I need some instructions on how to reinstall grub if I can only boot from a liveCD. I'm clueless on this. Really need and appreciate some help.

qinohe · 2012-10-12 11:25:53

Well, I don't know if it's a typo, but..
Your copy is different than the one in the wiki, should be;

# cp /usr/share/locale/en\@quot/LC_MESSAGES/grub.mo /boot/grub/locale/en.mo

pingpong · 2012-10-12 14:33:46

It must be a typo then... although I was just copy-and-paste, strange.
In any case, I screwed up so the system is unusable now...

pingpong · 2012-10-13 01:37:52

Alright, I managed to use install lilo on the system and bootup. So a step forward.

But then again I try to install grub2 by following the wiki. This time it complains "Path `/boot/grub' is not readable by GRUB on boot. Installation is impossible. Aborting" when I ran

 
grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck --debug /dev/sda

May I get some help on how to switch from lilo to grub2 ?

Thanks in advance

wizardskill · 2012-10-13 01:54:20

I followed the unofficial beginner's guide to install grub2, worked like a charm.

WonderWoofy · 2012-10-13 02:09:56

If you got lilo working, I don't understand why you feel as though you need grub.

In any case, if you insist on using grub, all you have to do is boot from a livecd (the arch install cd works great), and then chroot into your installation and reinstall. I don't know that reinstallation of grub itself is necessary, so much as a recreation og grub.cfg.

See here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Grub2

pingpong · 2012-10-13 06:07:22

You perfectly right WonderWoofy, Lilo is fine. Just that I screwed up by updating Grub so I felt like to get back up where I felt down.
I finally found and old Arch install CD (instead of using Parted magic) and did exactly when you said. My problem is solved now. Thanks for the suggestion.

Arch Linux

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