Grub legacy - Grub 2

[NoOp]

On 11/22/2011 10:32 PM, squareyes wrote:
> On 17/11/11 21:54, squareyes wrote:
>> Hi,
>> am having problems removing an external drive with 11.04 installed
>> My system is running 10.04 , which was installed via Update manager,
>> and has Grub legacy installed as I have a menu.1st file.
>> My problem is that there is no mention of 11.04 in the menu.1st file.
>> so cannot remove  11.04 from the Grub boot menu. Machine will not boot 
>> with the external
>> drive disconnected.
>> My question -  would installing Grub2 on my 10.04 system give a file I 
>> can edit to remove this external drive??
>> and would it present me with a lot of aggravation if I did install 
>> Grub2..
>> Many thanks in advance.
>> Winton
>>
>>
> Re-posting - I have now installed Grub2, and tried commenting ( #) out 
> unwanted entries, in /boot/grub/grub.cfg
> saved altered file and  sudo update-grub. but still cannot boot with 
> external drive unplugged.
> Do I have to do a clean install of everything to get rid of the external 
> drive?
> Any help will be very welcome, getting to the end of my tether here. 
> Been in the Grub archives but can't
> find anything relevant.
> Many thanks in advance.
> Winton
> 

Reinstall grub to the 10.04 drive. The problem is that grub is currently
on the 11.04 drive. See:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling_GRUB2
easiest method (for me):
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Copy_LiveCD_Files