Re: re Rescue Mode

[Simon Hobson]

Tech Support Department wrote:

> But I did want everyone to know that GRUB2 cannot be recovered in 
> certain situations, which is too bad.  I would like to know if this 
> is an OS-dependent operation or if GRUB should be able to be fixed 
> in any situation.

I find it hard to believe that it can't be 'recovered' in pretty well 
any situation where the base OS install is OK. But it's certainly a 
lot more involved than the older versions.

In effect, if you go through the motions used to do an initial 
install, then you should be able to fix an existing install. When 
doing a manual install, you can mount your target OS partitions while 
running from a live CD/DVD/USB drive, mount a few directories (such 
as /dev) in it, then chroot and do a grub-install.

If you find yourself at a GRUB> menu, then you should also be able to 
manually specify initrd and kernel before booting.

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