[SOLVED] restoring grub for dual boot with windows
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just an FYI as I just thought of it after my previous post
Code:
nick@debian:~/tor-browser_en-US$ su
Password:
root@debian:/home/nick/tor-browser_en-US# cp /boot/grub/grub.cfg /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg
cp: cannot create regular file '/mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg': No such file or directory
root@debian:/home/nick/tor-browser_en-US# cd /mnt/boot/grub
bash: cd: /mnt/boot/grub: No such file or directory
root@debian:/home/nick/tor-browser_en-US# cd /mnt/boot/
bash: cd: /mnt/boot/: No such file or directory
root@debian:/home/nick/tor-browser_en-US# cd /mnt/
root@debian:/mnt# ls
boot-repair EFI System Volume Information
root@debian:/mnt# md boot
bash: md: command not found
root@debian:/mnt# mkdir boot
root@debian:/mnt# cd boot
root@debian:/mnt/boot# mkdir grub
root@debian:/mnt/boot# cp /boot/grub/grub.cfg /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg
You need sudo/root rights to write to anything outside your user /home directory unless you change ownership/permission. Run the cp command preceded with sudo or logged in as root user. I see you posted again while I was writing so have you resolved your problem?
This is all wrong, you can delete the boot directory you created under /mnt
Quote:
root@debian:/mnt# ls
boot-repair EFI System Volume Information
root@debian:/mnt# md boot
bash: md: command not found
root@debian:/mnt# mkdir boot
root@debian:/mnt# cd boot
root@debian:/mnt/boot# mkdir grub
root@debian:/mnt/boot# cp /boot/grub/grub.cfg /mnt/boot/grub/grub.cfg
apparently I only have a file EFI in /boot not a folder:
Code:
# cp /boot/grub/grub.cfg /boot/EFI/ubuntu/grub.cfg
cp: cannot create regular file '/boot/EFI/ubuntu/grub.cfg': No such file or directory
root@debian:/usr/bin# cp /boot/grub/grub.cfg /boot/efi/ubuntu/grub.cfg
cp: cannot create regular file '/boot/efi/ubuntu/grub.cfg': No such file or directory
root@debian:/usr/bin# cd /boot
root@debian:/boot# ls ef*
boot boot-repair EFI System Volume Information
root@debian:/boot# cd EFI
bash: cd: EFI: No such file or directory
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