[ubuntu-in] Error in command grub-install

[deepak kumar]

Hello Ravi.
Try this
1.boot using live cd
2.mount your linux root partition in /mnt
mount -t extX  /dev/sdaX  /mnt
3.now bind necessary system directories
    mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
    mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
    mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
4.now chroot to /mnt


On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Jkhatri <khatri.jatin at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On Wednesday 02 June 2010 09:33 PM, Ravi Joshi wrote:
>
>   Hi. i am trying to install Grub using Ubuntu9.04 Live CD.... i tried to
> run grub-install command  but it gives me some error... following is my
> terminal...
>
>
> GRUB>
>
> and here when i run boot command it gives me ERROR 5. KERNEL MUST BE BOOTED
> BEFORE GRUB (i forgot what exactly the eroor was.)  and now i can't login
> even my windowsXp.
>
> so please help me..
>
> -Ravi Joshi
>
>
> Hi Ravi
>
> will you try following ... and post the result here ??????
>
>
>
>   1. If you have Grub 2 set to boot without displaying the menu at all,
> hold the SHIFT key down until the menu displays. (In Grub it was the ESC
> key.)
>   2. Press any key once the menu is displayed to 'freeze' it. Then arrow to
> the kernel you want to boot.
>   3. Press "e"
>   4. Scroll to the end of the "linux /boot/vmlinuz...." line. If displayed,
> remove "quiet" and/or "splash". Add the word "single" to the end of the
> line.
>   5. Press CTRL-X to boot to the Recovery menu.
>
>
>
>
>
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