Install grub legacy to replace grub2 on Ubuntu 11.04

[Jonathan M. Polom]

Failed to boot is a little generic and vague. What errors did the
system produce or what happened after you powered on the system? Did
you receive a grub menu? etc. etc.

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Ryan Chan <ryanchan404 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> For some reason, I need to use grub instead of grub2, when I finished
> the following, the Ubuntu 11.04 failed to boot, anyone mind telling
> what wrong with my steps?
>
>
> Setup consists of 2 machines (VM):
>
> 1. Ubuntu 8.10, using grub legacy
> 2. Ubuntu 11.04, using grub2
>
>
> Steps:
>
> 1. Shutdown the 11.04 VM, mount the Ubuntu 11.04's disk inside Ubuntu
> 8.10. as device /dev/sdb1, mount point is /mnt/test
> 2. Run the command: sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/test /dev/sdb
> 3. Umount the 11.04's disk and boot up the Ubuntu 11.04 with the new grub
> 4. The machine failed to boot with no error.
>
>
> Any idea?
>
> Thanks.
>
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Jon Polom