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Operating Systems Linux Debian Cannot install GRUB Post 302884264 by sreyan32 on Sunday 19th of January 2014 12:22:43 PM
Old 01-19-2014
Debian Cannot install GRUB
Hello,
I cannot install grub to my ESP it seems. I have a PC with both Windows 8.1 and Debian installed and I can only boot into Windows since GRUB is not installed on my PC.

I am using a Ubuntu Live USB to install GRUB on /dev/sda1 (my ESP).

I am using the following commands from Ubuntu Live USB-:
Code:
 sudo mount /dev/sda7 /mnt
sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
sudo mount --bind /dev/pts /mnt/dev/pts
sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
sudo chroot /mnt /bin/bash

After this I am executing-:
Code:
 grub-install /dev/sda1

After executing that I am getting the following output-:
Code:
 root@ubuntu:/# grub-install /dev/sda1
Unrecognized option `/dev/sda1'
Usage: grub-install [OPTION]
Install GRUB on your EFI partition.

  -h, --help              print this message and exit
  -v, --version           print the version information and exit
  --modules=MODULES       pre-load specified modules MODULES
  --root-directory=DIR    install GRUB images under the directory DIR
                          instead of the root directory
  --grub-mkimage=FILE     use FILE as grub-mkimage
  --grub-mkdevicemap=FILE use FILE as grub-mkdevicemap
  --grub-probe=FILE       use FILE as grub-probe
  --no-floppy             do not probe any floppy drive
  --recheck               probe a device map even if it already exists

grub-install copies GRUB images into the DIR/boot directory specified by
--root-directory.

Report bugs to bug-grub@gnu.org.

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong ? Why is /dev/sda1 a unrecognized option ? I am at my wits end with this. Unless GRUB is installed I cannot use Debian I can only use Windows.
 

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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS

grub

GRUB(8) 								FSF								   GRUB(8)

NAME

       grub - the grub shell

SYNOPSIS

       grub [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

       Enter the GRand Unified Bootloader command shell.

       --batch
	      turn on batch mode for non-interactive use

       --boot-drive=DRIVE
	      specify stage2 boot_drive [default=0x0]

       --config-file=FILE
	      specify stage2 config_file [default=/boot/grub/menu.lst]

       --device-map=FILE
	      use the device map file FILE

       --help display this message and exit

       --hold wait until a debugger will attach

       --install-partition=PAR
	      specify stage2 install_partition [default=0x20000]

       --no-config-file
	      do not use the config file

       --no-curses
	      do not use curses

       --no-floppy
	      do not probe any floppy drive

       --no-pager
	      do not use internal pager

       --preset-menu
	      use the preset menu

       --probe-second-floppy
	      probe the second floppy drive

       --read-only
	      do not write anything to devices

       --verbose
	      print verbose messages

       --version
	      print version information and exit

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.

SEE ALSO

       update-grub(8), grub-install(8).

       The  full documentation for grub is maintained as a Texinfo manual in the grub-legacy-doc package.  If the info and grub programs are prop-
       erly installed at your site, the command

	      info grub

       should give you access to the complete manual.

grub (GNU GRUB 0.97)						   January 2013 							   GRUB(8)
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