On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:47:46 +1000, Nic Baxter <nic@nicbaxter.com.au> wrote:
On 28/09/13 13:43, Nic Baxter wrote:
Decided to press on; OK, into the live boot, and chroot...
I bravely try; grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/boot /dev/sda and I get the message..."unrecognized option `--boot-directory=/mnt/boot' " A look at grub-install options says " --root-directory=DIR", so I subsitute "root" for "boot" in the above command and get; "mkdir: cannot create directory '/mnt/boot/boot': no such file or directory" Hi Terry I think you are almost there. If you have mounted /boot on /mnt then specify root-directory=/mnt No need to put boot. Cheers
Nic
Sorry reword that. If you have mount / on /mnt then that is the root directory. so use root-directory=/mnt.
OK, been through hoops yet again, after "chroot /mnt" I ran "grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda" (and checked it was grub2) which reported no errors. A reboot of the LMDE system ends up giving me "grub>", no boot menu, nothing but "grub>" ! Am I getting warmer, or moving further out into the cold? Cheers, -- Regards, Terry Duell