Lost Grub - 2
Willis Taylor
th1bill at sbcglobal.net
Tue Jul 21 05:44:52 UTC 2009
> I am a beginner
> at Linux and please, I??d appreciate if the answer could be
like ???for dummies???.
>
> Here are my partitions:
>
> ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo parted /dev/sda print
> Model: ATA ST340014A (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sda: 40.0GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
>
> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
> 1 32.3kB 30.0GB 30.0GB primary ntfs boot
> 2 30.0GB 40.0GB 10.0GB extended
> 5 30.0GB 32.0GB 1999MB logical linux-swap
> 6 32.0GB 40.0GB 8011MB logical ext3
>
>
> ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo parted /dev/sdb print
> Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD161HJ (scsi)
> Disk /dev/sdb: 160GB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: msdos
>
> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
> 1 32.3kB 62.9GB 62.9GB primary ntfs boot
> 2 62.9GB 160GB 97.1GB primary ntfs
>
> ubuntu at ubuntu:~$
>
> thanks
>
> flavio
>
flavio,
I'm no expert ut from the web I found this;
1. Use the Live CD to boot
2. open the terminal at Applications>Accessories>Terminal
3. type... sudo chroot /mnt
4. type... sudo grub-install /dev/sda
5. reboot without the CD
On the website it said that this will install grub onto your MBR
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