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KK Patel
Asked: 2012-10-20 20:40:07 +0800 CST

Grub bootloader failed to boot in dual boot system after installing Ubuntu 12.10

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I had 12.04 with my dual boot system. Yesterday I downloaded Ubuntu 12.10 make bootable USB and choose Upgrade option in Installer. After installation Grub failed to boot my machine. I tried following to fix grub bootloder . Same problem I fixed with Ubuntu 12.04 using live USB but this solution not work for Ubuntu 12.10. Now coming at exactly where this solution goes fail.

I followed this steps after booting Live USB and opening terminal.

1) sudo fdisk -l to see where Linux is installed

2) sudo mount /dev/sda9 /mnt where sda9 is my linux partition

3) sudo mount /dev/sda9 /mnt/boot

4) sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev

5) sudo chroot /mnt (No problems with this steps done perfectly)

6) grub-install /dev/sda when I type command I got error that

source_dir doesn't exist Please specify --target or --directory

How can I solve this?

grub2

2 Answers

  1. For general boot problems (even specific problems UEFI - GPT) with grub-boot-loader you can use the Boot-Repair program from a LiveCD-USB of Ubuntu.

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  2. Best Answer

    Boot repair disk is the best solution in boot problems, I ever found.

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