On Thursday 05 February 2004 14:43, Michael Gargiullo wrote: <snip> > I just need to boot the OS to be able to run grub-install /dev/sda Boot from install CD into rescue mount the installation chroot /mnt/sysimage grub-install [ /dev/hdx] [/dev/sdx] That should get grub working. But as I have stated in other replies. A working boot medium is needed for situations like you mentioned, less messy and needed if you don't want a boot loader.