On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:15 PM, david wildgoose <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Brian <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sun 30 Jan 2011 at 10:08:45 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: >>> >>> However I have a new problem with the installer. >>> >>> When it comes to installing the GRUB boot loader, it fails with the >>> following error: >>> >>> "Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda" >>> Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. >>> This is a fatal error. >>> >>> I have Windows XP on a 70gig NTFS partition and would love to keep it >>> as I need it at work :/ >> >> http://wiki.debian.org/GrubRecover > > I'm sort of at a loss. The guide makes sense but I'm not sure how to > go about getting to the D-I rescue menu. Any ideas?
http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/i386/ch08s07.html.en The wiki is unfortunately for grub1/grub-legacy and squeeze uses grub2/grub-pc. In squeeze's rescue mode, once you choose a "device to use as a root file system", you can choose to "execute a shell..." or to "reinstall grub...". If you choose the former, you can use fdisk and grub-probe to ensure that you use the correct device for grub-install. For the latter, you can switch to vt2 and use fdisk to ensure that you use the correct device. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
