RE: Calling grub from install CD?

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> > Is there a way to somehow get into grub right from the install CD?
> 
> Yes, but what are you hoping to do?

I messed up the boot record or something and was hoping to boot into my system in order to run grub-install.
I tried to run it from the rescue disc, but got an error saying it could not find /usr/sbin/grub - for whatever weird reason (the
file is there).
So I thought I could get into my regular system that way and then run grub-install.

 
> > Can I enter a specific command at the initial install CD 
> prompt - the
> > one where I usually enter "linux askmethod" or "linux rescue"?
> 
> You can go into the rescue mode and, then, play with GRUB to 
> install to
> a hard drive (e.g. to get a system to boot that's not working right).
> 
> But if you're hoping to just get into GRUB to boot something, and not
> reconfigure a GRUB installation, I don't know how you'd go about doing
> that with the CD.  I've done that with floppies, years ago, 
> after a hard
> drive shuffle upset a multi-boot system.

Initially, I told the installer to install the boot loader in the first partition rather than the MBR.
After the installation, booting failed and it dropped me off at the grub prompt.
I manuall initiated the boot process from there and got into the system to run grub-install. After that everything was fine.

Now I have to do something similar, but I can not get into the initial grub prompt. So I'm trying to get in there again...

Thanks,

MARK



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