Install Grub with Live CD
Some simple steps to install/recover Grub with a Linux Live CD/USB after installating another operating systems or when Grub doesn't load. It has been tested with Ubuntu and Debian.
First of all boot your Linux Live CD/USB, open Terminal and enter following commands:
This command for root permissions:
sudo -i
Check the drives number in Partition Manager:
fdisk -l
Select the drive where your Linux installation resides. Change sda with your hard drive (it can be sdb, sdc, etc) and the 1 with your drive number:
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev/ mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys/
This command will chroot into your installation:
chroot /mnt
Install Grub and change sda with the hard drive where you want to install Grub:
grub-install /dev/sda
Optionally you might want or need to rebuild the Grub menu:
update-grub
Now the installation is finished. Reboot your pc and Grub is back. That's it!
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