install grub

[Michael]

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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