John Cooper wrote:
> David Ramsden wrote:
>> m.nuttall@??? wrote:
>> [big snip]
>>>
>>> right the terminal output is this:
>>>
>>> "ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir /mnt/newroot
>>> ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/hda7 /mnt/newroot
>>> ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo chroot /mnt/newroot
>>> ubuntu:/# grub-install /dev/hda
>>> /dev/hda: Not found or not a block device.
>>> ubuntu:/# fdik -l
>>> bash: fdik: command not found
>>> ubuntu:/# fdisk -l
>>> cannot open /proc/partitions
>>> ubuntu:/# "
>>>
>>
>> Have you looked at the HantsLUG wiki? There's a note on there about
>> how to restore LILO. The same applies when using GRUB. Ignore step 9
>> and at step 10 you want to run your "grub-install" command instead of
>> running "lilo".
>>
>> http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxHints/LostLILO
>>
>> You'll probably find your grub-install and fdisk commands failed
>> because /proc and /dev aren't mounted inside the chroot, so /dev/hda
>> et al dosen't exist. Step 6 brings /dev from the LiveCD you're using
>> in to your chroot. This is what you're missing.
>>
>> Nearly there!
>>
>> Regards,
>> David.
> Fedora/Red Hat automatically detects the partitions and mounts them so
> the chroot and grub-install will just work.
> To manually do this :-
>
> (missing step)
>
> mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev
>
> chroot /mnt/newroot
> mount -a
> fdisk -l
>
> NOTE: My /etc/fstab has my /boot as a LABEL=/boot and this didn't get
> mounted, so had to mount it manually
> mount /dev/sda2 /boot.
>
> Check your grub.conf is viewable
>
> less /etc/grub.conf ( or less /boot/grub/grub.conf or
> /boot/grub/menu.lst)
>
> grub-install /dev/hda
>
> Easy! :-(
>
Err, I meant
mount -o bind /dev /mnt/newroot/dev
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