[GRLUG] Installing Grub

[L. V. Lammert]

On Tue, 26 Apr 2011, Jeff DeFouw wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 08:55:39PM -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> > Need to install grub on a restored HD [separate issue as to why Clonezilla
> > did not restore it when I had backed the entire drive], .. tried:
> >
> > 	grub-install /dev/sda
> >
> > But DNW (no boot loader). Can someone edumficate me?
>
> Does anything print out on boot?
>
Nada - the standard 'not bootable' message.

> Usually the problem is that grub doesn't know the drive from the
> perspective of the BIOS.  If grub thinks /dev/sda is the 2nd hard disk
> (hd1), but your BIOS thinks it's the 1st hard disk (hd0), grub will look
> in the wrong place when it tries to boot.  Check the list of devices in
> /boot/grub/device.map.
>
Interesting, .. I did have to force a bios scan on the grub-install, but
in this case stage 1 [the MBR piece] is not loading - that would seem
to be a different problem?

	Lee

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