Thread: Installing GRUB after removing HDD
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Old 04-Jul-2009, 19:33
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Default Re: Installing GRUB after removing HDD
No, grub-install doesn't touch menu.lst. There would be howls of protest if it did since it contains all the info about what OSes are available. In fact menu.lst can be edited at will any time, that's the advantage of GRUB over LILO.

To be really sure of what GRUB is installing, do the steps by hand from the rescue system, after editing menu.lst:

# grub
grub> device (hd0) /dev/sda
grub> root (hd0,4)
grub> setup (hd0)

At this point you will get messages about embedding various parts of GRUB on the disk.
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