[CVALE] Can't install GRUB using grub-install comman onloop0partition.

[Ian Sterling]

If you're trying to set grub up to your MBR, shouldn't that be
`hd(0,0)` instead of hd(0,1) which is the 2nd logical partition on any
given drive that's been partitioned in DOS MBR format?

--Ian...

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Landon Blake <lblake at ksninc.com> wrote:
> I tried to install grub on /dev/sda5. It gave me a message indicating
> that this was a partition, not the master boot record, and that
> installing in this location was a very bad idea. It then listed the
> contents of /boot/grub/device.map, which is the file I think I was
> looking for. It listed my MBR at (hdo) /dev/sda.
>
> When I run "sudo grub-install /dev/sda" I get "grub-setup: error: no
> signature".
>
> I'm not sure what that means. I will keep poking around.
>
> Landon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com
> [mailto:cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com] On Behalf Of Steve M Bibayoff
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:21 PM
> To: cvale at cvale.org
> Subject: Re: [CVALE] Can't install GRUB using grub-install comman
> onloop0partition.
>
> Hello,
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Landon Blake <lblake at ksninc.com> wrote:
>
>> That helps a lot. I already now what partition holds my Ubuntu
>> installation. Its sda5. I'll look for the MBR there with the sfdisk
>> command.
>
> Well in that case, the MBR *MAYBE* on sda. The reason Maybe, is a
> different Linux kernel MAY list hardware differently. Look inside of
> /boot, they ussualy a grub menu that has which hardrive it wrote grub
> to. Something like hd(0,1).
>
>
> Steve
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