Further to the questions I raised, I downloaded supergrub2 and I was able to access the system.However, after starting 3.9.3.slh-1 and running update-grub and grub-install /dev/sda0 ( the installation finished. No error reported) still, on rebooting, come to the same error of file not found and getting into grub rescue mode. I downloaded bootinfoscript and ran it to get the bootinfo which I give below.There is
only one peculiarity . It says v.1.99 is installed but my grub2 id 2.00-14. Though I ran grub-install again which said Installation finished. no error reported , I ran bootinfoscript again and the version of grub is 1.99. Though I came to operating system through supergrub
as far as I can see the system is under the control of my operating system. Can somebody clarify how version 1.99 of grub is installed when the grub2 on my system is 2.00-14. Will I have to blank out my MBR and start all over again.
Sebastian Canagaratna
Results of bootinfoscript:
Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 1 of
the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
in partition 98 for .
=> Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb and looks at sector 1 of
the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
for (,msdos1)/boot/grub on this drive.
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD
sda2: ______________________________________