Sorry this isn't working out. We should really try the Ubuntu Method first before diving in to this chroot stuff. Even though that is exactly what all these tools use.
Install Boot Repair onto the live cd: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair sudo sed 's/trusty/saucy/g' -i /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yannubuntu-boot-repair-trusty.list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && (boot-repair &) The Boot Repair program should now be available on the live disc. I would go for the Recommended Repair. Details on Boot-Repair are here https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair. On 08/06/2014 10:57 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 22:20:20 -0700 > John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> dijo: > >> OK, I am booted to the Xubuntu 14.04.1 live DVD. I shows icons on the >> desktop for the various drives and I mounted the one where the OS is >> located (sdb1). With the file manager I can see the /boot folder. And I >> know for certain that this is the right drive and partition because a >> long time ago Keith created /b1 and /b2 at the Clinic and I never >> bothered to remove them, and there they are. >> >> With sdb1 mounted I navigated to it with a terminal and used ls to >> confirm that I am in the root of my kaput system. My understanding is >> that now I should do dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc, but I think I'm supposed >> to chroot into the broken system before running that command, and I >> don't know how to use chroot, although I suspect that I'm about to >> learn. > OK, I found instructions for chroot and followed them: > > sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt > for i in /sys /proc /run /dev /dev/pts; do sudo mount --bind "$i" > "/mnt$i"; done > sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/etc/ #this said the files were the same > sudo chroot /mnt > > And it seemed to work, although I must say that I did not understand > much of what those commands did. In the live DVD I was at a command > prompt with #. I executed the command dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc and went > through the popup windows, accepting the defaults. It finished without > error, and then I shut down the live DVD and rebooted. > > It did not work. I got the same grub-rescue error as before. > > I've rebooted to the live DVD of Xubuntu 14.04.1, but that i where it > must stop for tonight. I can't think any more. If anyone has any > suggestions I'll be thrilled to try them in the morning. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
