Grub legacy - Grub 2 Problem Solved

[squareyes]

On 24/11/11 05:30, NoOp wrote:
> 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
>
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>
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Problem solved,
Boot repair very effective.
many thanks, would consider giving you my first born,
but am 70 and it hasn't happened yet, but you never know.

Many thanks
Winton