Grub issues

[jesse205 at gmail.com]

That sounds like it, I'm going to give it a try.

I'm going to have to use a local copy of the kernel package though, I can't
access the internet with the Live CD.

I'll let you know!

On Mar 19, 2009 8:22pm, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/3/19 jesse205 at gmail.com>:


> > So I can get a GRUB command line at boot-up, but theres nothing to boot!


> > Is there a way to install a kernel?





> I'm pretty sure you can boot the Live CD, mount your hard disk


> filesystems and then chroot to them, then run "apt-get install


> whatever" to install any package you want. I just did this last night


> to get the "lvm2" package installed into the system ('cause Ubuntu's


> GUI installer *still* doesn't include it, grrr).





> In more detail:





> Boot Ubuntu Live CD, get to GUI desktop.


> Make sure Internet access is working.


> Open a terminal.





> We need to do everything here as root, so just get a root shell prompt:





> sudo -i





> Create a directory to mount the hard disk system under:





> mkdir /mnt/target





> Mount the hard disk system (This assumes you just have a single


> partition for all things Linux, including the /boot directory. If


> you've got a more complicated partition layout, you'll need to mount


> all your Ubuntu filesystems in similar fashion.):





> mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/target





> Clone the needed pseduo filesystems:





> mount -o bind /proc /mnt/target/proc


> mount -o bind /dev /mnt/target/dev





> Copy the DNS resolver config file, so networking will work in our chroot:





> cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/target/etc/





> Get a shell running "inside" the hard disk system:





> chroot /mnt/target





> Install the kernel package (I forget the package name; perhaps someone


> else can chime in with it):





> apt-get install $KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME





> Update the GRUB menu.lst config file to include the new kernel:





> update-grub





> Quit out of the chroot, dismount the filesystems, and reboot to the


> hard disk system (The explict dismount and sync are prolly not needed,


> but I'm paranoid about such things.):





> exit


> umount /mnt/target/proc


> umount /mnt/target/dev


> umount /mnt/target


> sync


> reboot





> The above is based mainly on the excellent LVM installation


> instructions provided by "MAcks" at


> http://polishlinux.org/linux/ubuntu/install-ubuntu-804-on-lvm2/>.





> -- Ben


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