On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:55:04 -0500, Chris McQuistion
<cmcquist...@watkins.edu> wrote:
The progression you mention is spot on: LiveCD, load linux on a spare
beater computer (dual boot is a pretty advanced topic; just look at the
fight I had last night before my presentation about GRUB2), boot from
USB
http://grub.enbug.org/Grub2LiveCdInstallGuide
Honestly Grub2 is not that difficult. I had a stuck installation that all
the files weren't generated properly and it really is an easy, easy fix.
It took me 30secs with this.
Commands list
This is a list of the commands executed in order,
1.
sudo fdisk -l
2.
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
3.
sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
4.
sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
5.
sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
6.
sudo chroot /mnt
7.
(optional, only if you're on Ubuntu/Debian) apt-get install grub-pc
8.
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
9.
grub-install /dev/sda (try grub-install --recheck /dev/sda if it
fails)
10.
Ctrl+D (to exit out of chroot)
11.
sudo umount /mnt/dev
12.
sudo umount /mnt
gk
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