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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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GRUB-INSTALL(1) 					      General Commands Manual						   GRUB-INSTALL(1)

NAME
grub-install -- Install GRUB on a device. SYNOPSIS
grub-install [--modules=MODULES] [--install-modules=MODULES] [--themes=THEMES] [--fonts=FONTS] [--locales=LOCALES] [--compress[=no,xz,gz,lzo]] [-d | --directory=DIR] [--grub-mkimage=FILE] [--boot-directory=DIR] [--target=TARGET] [--grub-setup=FILE] [--grub-mkrelpath=FILE] [--grub-probe=FILE] [--allow-floppy] [--recheck] [--force] [--force-file-id] [--disk-module=MODULE] [--no-nvram] [--removable] [--bootloader-id=ID] [--efi-directory=DIR] INSTALL_DEVICE DESCRIPTION
grub-install installs GRUB onto a device. This includes copying GRUB images into the target directory (generally /boot/grub), and on some platforms may also include installing GRUB onto a boot sector. OPTIONS
--modules=MODULES Pre-load modules specified by MODULES. --install-modules=MODULES Install only MODULES and their dependencies. The default is to install all available modules. --themes=THEMES Install THEMES. The default is to install the starfield theme, if available. --fonts=FONTS Install FONTS. The default is to install the unicode font. --locales=LOCALES Install only locales listed in LOCALES. The default is to install all available locales. --compress=no,xz,gz,lzo Compress GRUB files using the specified compression algorithm. --directory=DIR Use images and modules in DIR. --grub-mkimage=FILE Use FILE as grub-mkimage. The default is /usr/bin/grub-mkimage. --boot-directory=DIR Use DIR as the boot directory. The default is /boot. GRUB will put its files in a subdirectory of this directory named grub. --target=TARGET Install GRUB for TARGET platform. The default is the platform grub-install is running on. --grub-setup=FILE Use FILE as grub-setup. The default is /usr/bin/grub-setup. --grub-mkrelpath=FILE Use FILE as grub-mkrelpath. The default is /usr/bin/grub-mkrelpath. --grub-probe=FILE Use FILE as grub-probe. The default is /usr/bin/grub-mkrelpath. --allow-floppy Make the device also bootable as a floppy. This option is the default for /dev/fdX devices. Some BIOSes will not boot images cre- ated with this option. --recheck Delete any existing device map and create a new one if necessary. --force Install even if problems are detected. --force-file-id Use identifier file even if UUID is available. --disk-module=MODULE Use MODULE for disk access. This allows you to manually specify either biosdisk or native disk access. This option is only avail- able on the BIOS target platform. --no-nvram Do not update the boot-device NVRAM variable. This option is only available on IEEE1275 target platforms. --removable Treat the target device as if it is removeable. This option is only available on the EFI target platform. --bootloader-id=ID Use ID as the bootloader ID. This opption is only available on the EFI target platform. --efi-directory=DIR Use DIR as the EFI System Partition root. This opption is only available on the EFI ta rget platform. INSTALL_DEVICE Install GRUB to the block device INSTALL_DEVICE. SEE ALSO
info grub Wed Feb 26 2014 GRUB-INSTALL(1)
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