Grub?

[Knute Johnson]

On 12/06/2010 08:09 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
> On 12/06/2010 09:35 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 6 December 2010 17:16, Knute Johnson<ubuntu at knutejohnson.com>   wrote:
>>> I've got a computer with two drives, the first has Windows 7 and the
>>> second XU 10.10.  I have to reinstall XP for a job I'm going to be
>>> working on.  Could somebody give me detailed instructions on how to
>>> reinstall grub after I reinstall XP so I can keep my XU?
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows
>>
>> (Easily found by google for recover grub after windows install)
>>
>> Colin
>>
>
> Thanks Colin.  These instructions work except for two items, first
> XUbuntu does not show the unmounted drives in the Places Menu.  Install
> Disk Utility and they can be mounted easily.  Second, update-grub2 must
> be run after Grub2 is installed.
>
> knute...

and you need to edit /etc/fstab so that the UUID of the first disk is 
correct.  Use ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid to see the UUIDs and then edit 
/etc/fstab.