grub---problem

[Ramachandran Chidambaraiyer]

On Sunday, November 29, 2015, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:

> Ramachandran Chidambaraiyer wrote:
> > Used Live CD of 14.04 for my 14.04 instalation, read details from GNU
> > GRUB Manual, I used the command  (sudo grub-install /dev/sda) and I
> > got this messg.
> > (installing for i386-pc platform.
> > grub-install:  error: failed to get canonical path of '/cow' )
> > Where can I get this cow ??
>
> I'm not sure if the other answer provided a solution for you. If you
> still have the problem, try this:
>
> IIRC, the Ubuntu live system automatically mounts the available
> partitions somewhere (otherwise mount it manually). Find out where your
> main partition is really mounted. As I don't have the Ubuntu live image,
> I don't know where it is and I'll use /mnt instead of the real path.
> Then use the command
>
> >sudo grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/boot /dev/sda
>
>    grub-install: invalid option --'b'
   Try  'grub-install --help'   or  'grub-install --usage'  for more
informatio.

  Thanks
Ramachandran

>
> Nils
>
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