Description of problem: I needed to re-install grub on the boot partition of my machine. Using the FC13 documentation I attempted to use the LiveCD for FC13 to complete the task but found the package is not included in the LiveCD. The documentation to complete this task has instructions. http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Installation_Guide/s1-rescuemode-boot.html#s2-rescuemode-boot-reinstall-bootloader Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora Core 13 LiveCD. How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run the LiveCD 2. Select the option in Anaconda for "Recover installed system" 3. Choose the option to drop into shell. 4. At the shell prompt type in 'grub-install' Actual results: bash: grub-install: command not found Expected results: The regular Usage information with command flags etc for grub-install. Additional info: Background: So in my case, I had completed an upgrade from FC12 to 13. At the end of the upgrade then re-installed the grub boot loader. On the next system start the boot loader failed to go through the normal stages to load the system. This meant using a FC 13 recovery CD to re-install the grub boot loader again. Workaround. The following workaround is for users that have a file system with FC 13 installed. The steps are * complete the steps above, 1 to 3 * mount the file system, (eg /mnt/jrw ) * create symbolic links to the package on the file system where it should be # cd /sbin # ln -s /mnt/jrw/sbin/grub-install grub-install The package is available can be called by the system.
The grub package is also missing on the FC13 recovery disk. So even though the workaround will allow the system to call grub-install it fails to complete. Adding another symbolic link solves the missing grub package. # ln -s /mnt/jrw/sbin/grub-install grub
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