install grub

[Michael]

thanks Brian!

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:

> Just do:
>
> grub-install /dev/sda1
>
> ...but don't you really want to install grub to the drive itself?  If do:
>
> grub-install /dev/sda
>
> Brian Cluff
>
> On 10/26/2016 10:05 AM, Michael 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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