I deleted GRUB after removing an OS
HI thank you community.
I run a Toshiba laptop, Celeron. Pre-loaded with Win7, currently multi-boot, with Kubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.04 and Sabayon KDE. Grub 1.98 (Grub2) I still have partitions to spare. I always write Grub to /dev/sda . The problem is, I used the Gparted CD to remove Sabayon, by method of simply re-formatting over that drive. I didn't foresee a problem. Now, when I start that machine, it looks like Grub is about to load, then it gives me the black screen with: Quote:
The cursor just blinks at me. My machine is in a coma. Please help me, friends. How do I revive the Grub so I can access my other OS's? |
Get SuperGrubDisk and boot from it into one of your *buntus. Then start a terminal and do
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sudo grub-install /dev/sda Explanation: I assume that Sabayon was the last OS you installed. It installed its Grub to the disk, so the first part of Grub is searching for his files on the Sabayon-partition. You deleted this files, so Grub can't find them. Solution: Let an other OS install Grub. |
May I assume that without doing anything else, that I can just install another OS and my Grub will re-appear?
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yes, it will
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Or you can follow the instructions. Or you can boot a live Linux CD, chroot into one of the installed systems, and repair GRUB 2 from there. |
Ok then, Super Grub is ready, here I go..
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Sweet! All good!
Thank you folks |
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