doing that grub-install /dev/sda will give me the "corresponding BIOS device" error.

But now I fixed it by doing a manual grub install.

first boot with cd1 and type linux rescue at the prompt when you're at the linux prompt after detecting and mounting the partitions, do a "chroot /mnt/sysimage" then # grub --batch #grub> root (hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0xfd

grub> setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 16 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/grub.conf"... succeeded Done.

#grub> root (hd1,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0xfd

#grub> setup (hd1) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd1)"... 16 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd1) (hd1)1+16 p (hd1,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/grub.conf"... succeeded Done.

#grub> quit

Reboot, you're done.

Question: A simple power outage will kill grub's mbr or am i just plain unlucky?

On 12/2/05, CM cristim@mail.multinet.ro wrote:

On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 01:27:36 -0500 Erick Perez eaperezh@gmail.com wrote:

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Forgot to mention that if I use the rescue mode CD, partitions are being recognized and I can do a "chroot /mnt/sysimage". However, no idea where to go from there.

grub-install /dev/sda

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