Re: Unable to run grub setup on Squeeze
> I want to setup grub on another partition. So, I tried running the
> 'grub' command but it seems the command is absent.
>
> nifty:/home/fossist# grub
> bash: grub: command not found
> nifty:/home/fossist# aptitude search grub
> p ggz-grubby
> - GGZ Gaming Zone: chat bot with the ability to play games
> i grub
> - GRand Unified Bootloader (dummy package)
> p grub-choose-default
> - Control Grub Default through a GUI
> i A grub-common
> - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (common files)
> p grub-coreboot
> - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (Coreboot version)
> p grub-disk
> - GRUB bootable disk image (dummy package)
> p grub-doc
> - Documentation for GRand Unified Bootloader (dummy package)
> p grub-efi
> - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)
> p grub-efi-amd64
> - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 version)
> p grub-efi-ia32
> - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-IA32 version)
> p grub-emu
> - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (emulated version)
> p grub-firmware-qemu
> - GRUB firmware image for QEMU
> p grub-ieee1275
> - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (Open Firmware version)
> p grub-invaders
> - multiboot compliant kernel game
> p grub-legacy
> - GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy version)
> p grub-legacy-doc
> - Documentation for GRUB Legacy
> p grub-linuxbios
> - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)
> i A grub-pc
> - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS version)
> p grub-rescue-pc
> - GRUB bootable rescue images, version 2 (PC/BIOS version)
> p grub-splashimages
> - a collection of great GRUB splashimages
> p grub2
> - GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (dummy package)
> p grub2-splashimages
> - a collection of great GRUB2 splashimages
> nifty:/home/fossist# cat /etc/debian_version
> squeeze/sid
1. You are running grub2 and it does not have a "grub" command.
2. "grub-install /dev/sdX" is the installation incantation but if you
try to run "grub-install /dev/sdXY", you will get a warning/an error
about partitions (I cannot remember the exact words).
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