No /boot/grub after install

[ka9qlq]

OK I installed Hardy to my new system 1 tb drive /, swap, home partition last Sunday went smooth as silk. I decided to reinstall Monday because I copied my old /home/ka9qlq to the new drive from a usb hd backup and wanted it to use that as my home. When I installed it gave me NO errors until I rebooted then grub error 15, I get back on the live cd and look on the hard drive and everything is there BUT THERE'S NO /boot/grub directory I have repeatedly reinstalled with no warnings and hitting e doesn't help because there's no menu because there's no /boot/grub/menu.lst or anything else because there's no /boot/grub directory. I've run Kubuntu for 2 years but never had something THIS crazy happen. Heeeeeellllllllppppppp!!!!!!!!!

[Qqmike]

Re: No /boot/grub after install

> That you got Error 15 => there IS (or WAS) a GRUB menu.lst!

> "I have repeatedly reinstalled with no warnings and hitting e doesn't help"

What's the problem? You have repeatedly re-installed, but then ... what happens? what do you do, and what do you see?




How To GRUB Methods - Toolkit
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3081671.0
GRUB ERRORS: See Reply #23

[ka9qlq]

Re: No /boot/grub after install

Well from the Hardy and a Puppylinux live CD it shows
ls /mnt/sda1/boot
abi-2.6.24-16-generic memtest86+.bin
config-2.6.24-16-generic System.map-2.6.24-16-generic
initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic.bak vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic
in /boot with no grub subdirectory

when it finishes install I reboot get a something Ii for get exactly) grub 1.5 message then grub error 15

[Qqmike]

Re: No /boot/grub after install

Usually, when you don't have ANY grub files (i.e., no /boot/grub directory), that indicates a bad CD (=> download and burn a new one, checking the CD and checking the MD5SUM).

But, if everything is OK, only you don't have GRUB files, you can build them:
As root
Create grub directory under the boot directory: /boot/grub.
Copy the GRUB files from the image directory
/usr/lib/grub/i386-pc
into your newly created /boot/grub directory.
Build a menu.lst by
sudo update-grub

Re-boot to test it.

[Qqmike]

Re: No /boot/grub after install

Or, you could build the grub directory (as explained above), copy the GRUB files to it, then reinstall GRUB using SECTION 3 of the how-to:
How To GRUB Methods - Toolkit
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3081671.0

Gotta do all this work * as root *.

Konqueror as root:
In 8.04: kdesu konqueror
In 8.10: kdesudo konqueror

[ka9qlq]

Re: No /boot/grub after install

Just d/l a new copy will try it and see

[Qqmike]

Re: No /boot/grub after install

Burning ISO How TO: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
The MD5SUM is important.

[ka9qlq]

Re: No /boot/grub after install

I know how to burn an iso but thanks

I redownloaded and burned the 8.04 iso and same thing, no /boot/grub everything else seems there and that's after I deleted sda1 and sda2 so the install could make new partitions. grrrrrrrrrr

[Qqmike]

Re: No /boot/grub after install

You can try Reply #4 (above).

Or, check the live Kubuntu installer again --
this time
Step 4: Manual partitioning method (the last option listed).
Step 5: Indicate what goes where (root (/), swap, and /home)
Step 6: Advanced button at lower right > Indicate where to put GRUB, like (hd0). Make sure the box to install GRUB is checked correctly. (hd0) would be the MBR of the fist BIOS boot drive. Exit out of the GRUB panel, then Finish.

If your iso checks out (clean MD5SUMs), then this must work.

[ka9qlq]

Re: No /boot/grub after install

Well I always do step 4 & 5, don't remember seeing the advanced button but I'll look again on the next boot. I don't get why it worked fine the first install and not the other installs always doing the same thing and ONLY /boot/grub is missing.

[ka9qlq]

Re: No /boot/grub after install

Sigh I noticed the installer just seemed to quit without saying it's finished so on a whim I used a different login alvin instead of ka9qlq so it would set o different home directory and it went right right in. So I guess there is a file in the old home directory that's crashing the installer I want to reuse the .kde from old home if possible and .mozilla and .thunderbird and so on.

[Qqmike]

Re: No /boot/grub after install

Transferring /home can be tricky, based on all the posts here about it, and MOST say to use the same username. Not sure. My luck has not been good on that note.

The Mozilla site has excellent docs on how to import profiles for T-Bird and FX.
I usually just want the bookmarks.html file (drag-copy it onto my Desktop, then open FX, Import html => Done); and my contacts in T-Bird: I drag/drop 'm from my old profile, abook.mab and history.mab. And if you open the old T-Bird profile, Mail, Local Folders, you can also just drag/drop folders into your new profile (at the same location). But, anyway, the Mozilla site has a more proper way of doing these things.