Problem reinstalling GRUB
- by DisgruntledGoat
I have a PC that dual-boots Ubuntu and Windows Vista. I recently reinstalled Windows Vista after some problems and now the bootloader's gone.
I've been trying to follow this Ubuntu community guide but it's not working. I have Grub Legacy according to the first part (I installed Ubuntu 9.04 originally then upgraded).
From the 9.04 LiveCD, I ran this:
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/media/disk /dev/sda5
sda5 is the Ubuntu partition. I get this output:
grub-probe: error: Cannot open `/boot/grub/device.map`
[: 494: =: unexpected operator
Installing GRUB to /dev/sda5 as (hd0,4)...
Installation finished.No errors reported.
This is the contents...(etc)
(hd0) /dev/sda
In the bit below, when I run setup (hd0) I get an error, "Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition"
Little help?