1. Boot off a live linux cd
2. mkdir /target
3. mount /dev/<root-device> /target
4. (if you've got a separate boot device ) mount /dev/<boot-device> /target/boot
5. chroot /target /bin/bash
6. grub
grub> root hd(0,0) [ assuming first partition - adjust the second 0 accorgingly 
]
grub> setup hd(0,0) 
grub> exit
7. exit
8. init 6


Should do it. grub allows for tab completion if you are unsure where your boot 
device is.
There is a grub-install command on some distros, but I still don't trust it...

hth,


Steve
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:28:57 +1200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I've just had the nice guys at Dove Electronics replace a faulty hard drive
> for me. In the process they upgraded from 80 to 250gb and expanded the
> partitions (only the M$ ones as they were using Norton Ghost and couldn't do
> anything with the Linux formatted ones).
> 
> My original hard drive used GRUB to dual boot.
> 
> Now when I turn on I first get the F2 (setup) and F12 (multiboot screen and
> then it goes to a big black screen with 'GRUB' in top left corner and stops.
> 
> Clearly GRUB has lost its reference to the partitions..can anybody offer a
> solution to getting it working again?
> 
> 
> 

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