On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Pranav Peshwe<[email protected]> wrote: > I think mounting is not required since, writing an MBR is not a filesystem > dependent task. `grub-install /dev/<boot/root partition name>` should do > it.
Usage: grub-install [OPTION] install_device In this case install device should be MBR (boot record of hard disk, not of the partition). So I don't think "/dev/<boot/root partition name>" would work. > I would recommend a read of the howtos and documentation available related > to grub and bootloaders. That will help you to backup and restore your > bootloader and understand things better. That's what he wanted to avoid and hence asked on the mailing list! We're here to help, and not say RTFM. Regards, Vaibhav _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
