install grub

[Michael]

 very cool..... I reset it! nw to remember how I INSTALLED MINT!

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> from grub it gives me the boot otions. I then select mint and it goes to
> the splash screen and stops.... it is as if it is waiting for input . How
> do I load w/o the splash screen?
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> forgot to mention that nothing but widows boots if the eternal is plugged
>> in and I do not ress F12
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> and I did something which prevents mint from booting now.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> nothing but windows (with F12) will boot without the external drive
>>>> plugged in because grub is installed on the external.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Todd Millecam <tyggna at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> super grub should work on a bootable usb too:
>>>>> http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wizard-step-put-super-grub2-dis
>>>>> k-into-an-usb-pendrive/
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> no cd drive.... this would be SOOOO much easier if it did!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Todd Millecam <tyggna at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> get a super grub cd and have it repair and reinstall grub.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Grub has two parts, it's bootsector/EFI area and it's configs.  The
>>>>>>> configs exist on a regular drive partition and handle all the multi-boot
>>>>>>> stuff.  The bootsector / EFI stuff really only knows how to point to
>>>>>>> drives.
>>>>>>> You could probably type in something along the lines of:
>>>>>>> root (hd0)
>>>>>>> chainloader +1
>>>>>>> boot
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and have it get you into windows, because that's all you're missing
>>>>>>> is the conf file telling grub that's a valid boot directive.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> what it does is opens a "minimal BASH-like line editing" thing with:
>>>>>>>>      grub>
>>>>>>>> being the first line when I don't have the external drive plugged
>>>>>>>> in. I typed in 'ls' and the response (when the thumb drive is inserted) was:
>>>>>>>>      (hd0) (hd0,msdos) (hd1) (hd1,gpt4) (hd1,gpt3) (hd1,gpt2)
>>>>>>>> (hd1,gpt1)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> without the thumb drive it is:
>>>>>>>>      (hd0)  (hd1) (hd1,gpt4) (hd1,gpt3) (hd1,gpt2) (hd1,gpt1)
>>>>>>>> error: failure\
>>>>>>>>           reading sector 0x3aefff0  from `hd0'
>>>>>>>>      error: failure reading sector 0x3aeff80  from `hd0'
>>>>>>>>      error: failure reading sector 0x0 from `hd0'
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  So how can I install  grub where it belongs in hd0?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Todd Millecam <tyggna at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Check your bios boot order and ensure the proper hard drive is set
>>>>>>>>> first.  It's the same as hitting f12 and selecting one, only in your bios
>>>>>>>>> settings you can set the default.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 10:17 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Okay..... I can still boot into windows. I have to press f12 and
>>>>>>>>>> load it from that menu but it will load. Any way I can restore the laptop
>>>>>>>>>> to the way it was when I first got it and then I'll put 17.3 on. Any
>>>>>>>>>> comments on what I can do?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I messed up. I installed mint18 on my external drive but mint18
>>>>>>>>>>> is not quite ready for prime time so I figured I would put mint 17.3 on.
>>>>>>>>>>> Well, durring installation I told it to put grub on the external drive. now
>>>>>>>>>>> I can't boot unless the external drive is plugged in. I need the port the
>>>>>>>>>>> external is plugged into because that is the only USB port it will boot
>>>>>>>>>>> from and I need that port  for the thumb drive. So  my question is how do I
>>>>>>>>>>> install grub to sda1......
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Mint won't boot now! How do I RESTORE WINDOWS SO i CAN DO THIS
>>>>>>>>>>> AGAIN?
>>>>>>>>>>>
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