On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:47:46 +1000, Nic Baxter <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 28/09/13 13:43, Nic Baxter wrote: >> Decided to press on; OK, into the live boot, and chroot... >> >> I bravely try; grub-install --boot-directory=/mnt/boot /dev/sda and I >> get the message..."unrecognized option `--boot-directory=/mnt/boot' " A >> look at grub-install options says " --root-directory=DIR", so I >> subsitute "root" for "boot" in the above command and get; "mkdir: cannot >> create directory '/mnt/boot/boot': no such file or directory" >> Hi Terry >> I think you are almost there. If you have mounted /boot on /mnt then >> specify root-directory=/mnt >> No need to put boot. >> Cheers >> >> Nic > > Sorry reword that. If you have mount / on /mnt then that is the root > directory. so use root-directory=/mnt. OK, been through hoops yet again, after "chroot /mnt" I ran "grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda" (and checked it was grub2) which reported no errors. A reboot of the LMDE system ends up giving me "grub>", no boot menu, nothing but "grub>" ! Am I getting warmer, or moving further out into the cold? Cheers, -- Regards, Terry Duell _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
