Ok, I'll reply with an attached file once I can generate it
On Monday, September 5, 2011, DJ Lucas <d...@linuxfromscratch.org> wrote:
> On 09/05/2011 01:32 AM, Tyler McMaster wrote:
>> grub-install /dev/sda
>>
>> UBUNTU VERSION 10.04 LiveCD
>> Latest SVN
>> Grub is not installed because Ubuntu is liveCD.
>>
>> Partitions? Ext3, Swap
>>
>> The base system is built. I just need the boot loader to be installed so
>> I can customize it further.
>>
>
> Still not enough information. Think your doctor would be able to help if
> you told him "My leg hurts"? You might get a script for the latest fad
> pain killer depending on the level of professionalism of the doctor, but
> it wouldn't do a darn thing to fix the problem if you've broken your leg!
>
> We'll need to see the _exact_ commands issued and the _exact_ error
> message returned. If you are unable to copy and paste for whatever
> reason, you can try and use redirection as opposed to manual typing and
> attach the file, for example:
>
> root:/etc/sysconfig# grub-mkconfig -o somefile 2>&1 | tee test.txt
> Generating grub.cfg ...
> cat: /boot/grub/video.lst: No such file or directory
> done
> root:/etc/sysconfig# cat test.txt
> Generating grub.cfg ...
> cat: /boot/grub/video.lst: No such file or directory
> done
> root:/etc/sysconfig#
>
> You mentioned (literally) "something about blocklists" in your original
> message, so it sounds possible that grub thinks that /dev/sda has no
> partitions on it. Maybe double check that all of the virtual file
> systems (/sys /proc /dev{,shm,pts}) are mounted, but that could be a
> wild goose chase given what little info you've provided.
>
> -- DJ Lucas
>
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