On Nov 20, 2016 4:55 PM, "jd1008" <jd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 11/20/2016 02:15 PM, peterlesterh...@telfort.nl wrote: >> >> Hi, >> After a Windows update my (dual boot) system won't boot into fedora anymore. >> Somehow the grub bootloader doesn' t start. >> >> After booting this is what I see: >> >> /Minimal Bash-like line editing is supported. For the first word TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible device or file completions. >> >> grub>_/ >> >> >> When I issue the command "exit" the Windows bootloader pops up. >> >> I googled on this subject, but found many completely different answers. >> I would appreciate any suggestion. How can I recover my system? > > The Solution: > 01. Boot a live fedora cd or dvd > 02. mount your on-disk fedora linux on .... say /fedora, like so: > mkdir /fedora > mount /dev/sd?? /fedora # where ?? is the disk and partition where your fedora is installed. > 03. tar cf - dev | tar -C /fedora -xpvf - > 04. chroot /fedora > 05. grub2-install --recheck /dev/sd?? > 06. grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2.cfg > > When the command (at point 8) returns, then > 07. cd /dev > 08. rm -rf * > Why? because /dev/ is populated dynamically at boot time. > > Let the list know how it went. > > _______________________________________________
This tar+rm business with dev looks confusing and dangerous. Use bind mounts to place the virtual filesystems in the chroot path. -- Pete
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