[ubuntu-uk] Grub Problem
Hi I'd be very grateful for a bit of advice regarding a Grub issue, please. I have a dual boot desktop, running 10.04 LTS and Windows XP. I recently made the mistake of running a free Windows disk management tool in the XP partition which appeared to corrupt the MBR. The result was that when I subsequently booted up I just got the Grub Rescue prompt. With a combination of research and trial-and-error I was able to get the PC to boot properly, with access to both Ubuntu and XP using the following commands at the Grub Rescue prompt: set prefix=(hd0,5)/boot/grub set root=(hd0,5) insmod normal normal While I could type this in with every boot, you will appreciate that it would be a bit of a pain. Could anybody suggest a way of saving these commands so that they run automatically, thereby restoring my machine fully back to normal? Thanks. Regards Nige -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Grub Problem
On 15 September 2011 09:24, Nigel Verity nigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: While I could type this in with every boot, you will appreciate that it would be a bit of a pain. Could anybody suggest a way of saving these commands so that they run automatically, thereby restoring my machine fully back to normal? Boot to Ubuntu using those command and then issue:- sudo grub-install /dev/sda It will find all installed OS's and make the menu, and install back on the MBR. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Grub Problem
On 15/09/11 09:30, Alan Pope wrote: On 15 September 2011 09:24, Nigel Veritynigelver...@hotmail.com wrote: While I could type this in with every boot, you will appreciate that it would be a bit of a pain. Could anybody suggest a way of saving these commands so that they run automatically, thereby restoring my machine fully back to normal? Boot to Ubuntu using those command and then issue:- sudo grub-install /dev/sda It will find all installed OS's and make the menu, and install back on the MBR. Cheers, Al. I'd also run a: sudo update-grub to force a refresh of the boot menu as well... -Tobias -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
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