On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Gregory Machin <gdm at linuxpro.co.za> wrote: > > Following these instructions : > mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sysimage/boot > mount -t none /dev /mnt/sysimage/dev -o bind > chroot /mnt/sysimage/boot > mount /proc > mount /sys Not sure you need any of that if your boot/rescue environment has grub. > then > > root (hd0,1) > setup (hd0) > quit > > I get the following: > root (hd0,1) > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > setup (hd0) > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no > Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no > > Error 2: Bad file or directory > quit > > I have checked that the stage1 file is in /boot/grub/ So Im confused. Either your rsync copy of the boot filesystem was not complete, or what grub thinks is (hd0,1) is not the filesystem where you put it. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com