On Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:41:48 +1000, Jay Amorin <jeeyessos@gmail.com> wrote:
It would be better if you have the livecd or install cd, but you can also use other livecd as well e.g. knoppix.
root (hdx,y) setup (hdx)
x is the mbr usually points to hd0. y is the partition where your grub stage 1 is, just press the tab key to auto-complete.
Let us know if it works.
OK. Just to be sure I correctly understand, I go through the following steps... boot a livecd in a terminal, enter "root (hd0,1)" and, "setup (hd0)" presumably these commands are run as root? Having a look at the grub commands that fail, using edit mode, they have "set root=`(/dev/sda,msdos1)' " Is this the equivalent of what you are proposing? If not could I edit the "set root=..." in first entry of the grub screen, and should it be "set root=`(hd0,1)' " ? Cheers, -- Regards, Terry Duell