[ubuntu-in] GRUB is gone

[Puneeth Chaganti]

> I had installed a few distributions to compare with Ubuntu and one had
> installed an older version of GRUB. When I removed it, that GRUB
> ceased to work and when I tried to reinstall GRUB from my Xubuntu
> alternate install disk it did not work.
>
> What do I do now?? I am writing this from XP which I had managed to
> boot into by fixing the MBR from its install disk.

You could try booting into a LiveCD and then fix grub from there.

If that doesn't work, you should try chrooting into your environment
from the LiveCD and then fix the GRUB

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351

/punchagan


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Puneeth Chaganti
Senior Undergraduate
B.E.(Hons.) EEE
BITS Pilani, Goa Campus

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