[NBLUG/talk] grub conflicts with installed packages?

[Kyle Rankin]

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:13:43AM -0700, Bob Blick wrote:
> I'm trying to replace a failed drive in a software RAID-1 setup and
> although I have the new drive partitioned and synced, the system won't
> boot without forcing it off the remaining "still good but will probably
> die soon" drive because the Master Boot Record on the new drive doesn't
> have GRUB on it.
> 
> No problem except the computer(running Ubuntu) doesn't have the "grub"
> command, and if I try to put it in, it says the package grub conflicts
> and it wants to remove grub-pc. The computer has all sorts of other
> grub-like scripts and commands(grub-setup), but I think they all do more
> than what I need and I am scared to find out.
> 
> I don't want to break the machine any more than it is already and since
> I am basically running on a degraded RAID array I don't want to mess
> around anymore than I have to.
> 
> Any suggestions? I am pretty sure that the old grub command is now
> obsolete so what can I do to replace this spell:
> 
> grub --no-floppy --no-curses
> device(hd0)/dev/hda
> root(hd0,0)
> setup(hd0)
> EOF
> 
> this is all probably part of some other command now, but I don't see any
> web pages that refer to putting grub on the MBR that say anything
> different.
> 
> I booted off a live cd and it has no grub either, just grub-setup and
> all the scripts.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Bob
> 
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> 

What you are seeing is the change from grub to grub2 on new (9.10 and
above) Ubuntu installs. Your best bet is to boot the live CD into its
"rescue mode" and you should see an option to restore the boot loader IIRC.

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