(I am re-sending the message below, because I mistakenly sent it privately to Doc 18 hours ago, instead of to the list, and we both agree that it's better to keep all disussion on the list)
On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 at 15:30, D. R. Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > There's been a bit of conflicting advice here; so here's a new thread, > describing where I am in Alain's original suggested sequence (some of this is > a recap from earlier e-mails): [...] > So, given all the above, I intend to proceed with: > > cp -r /dev/ /tmp/RFS/dev/ > chroot /tmp/RFS /usr/bin/bash > grub-install /dev/sda > sync > exit > reboot > > after I've given people a bit of time to shout at me not to do that if > something in what I've written above looks bad. Hi, thanks for making the effort to communicate well. I'm not going to shout at you because I'm not that kind of person. Just wanted to respond briefly ... I've never used 'cp /dev' command to setup 'chroot', I think 'mount --bind' is the modern and safer method. I'm also not going to checking through the rest of the above because it looks like pointless effort, unless you find that grub-rescue does not work for you, as I wrote previously. Fixing this kind of situation is exactly the purpose that the grub-rescue prompt exists and is offered to you, so I don't understand why you would want to ignore it, unless it proves not to work for you. It's right there in the name: grub rescue. But, I don't mind what you do, have fun with it, let us know how it works out :)
