GRUB bootloader issue
I need help figuring out what is going on with my
Debian / GRUB bootloader. Because of some Windoze
issues, I had to re-install XP on my machine. It
discarded the grub loader and now you can only boot to
XP from hda1. I consulted with another Debian user who
said to simply run 'grub-install /dev/hda1' off of a
live CD. I tried that with hda, hda1, and hdb2 (debian
partition) just to be sure, and it gave the same error
every time. Here is an example of the error it gave.
> root@ubuntu:/mnt/hdb2/sbin # grub-install /dev/hda1
> Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take
> a long time.
> Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a
> block device.
fdisk -l returns the following when run from the live
CD:
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 2433 19543041 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 2434 4865 19535040 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 2434 3197 6136798+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 3198 3337 1124518+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda7 3338 4865 12273628+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/hdb: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 1 3188 25607578+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hdb2 * 3189 7298 33013575 83 Linux
/dev/hdb3 7299 7476 1429785 5 Extended
/dev/hdb5 7299 7476 1429753+ 82 Linux swap
Disk /dev/hdd: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3649 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdd1 * 1 3649 29310561 83 Linux
Any help is appreciated.
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