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Re: Grub won't install

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I got the problem when installing Jessie on a computer with two hard
drives. I want to  install grub on the mbr of the second hard drive but the
installer says yes and do not install it. But it can be easely fix by Boot
Repair.

2016-05-18 0:13 GMT-04:00 J Mo <jmomo@jmomo.net>:

>
> lilo is ultra-ancient. I don't even know if it works with modern kernels.
>
> Grub is definitely a huge pain in the ass. It gets an F on usability from
> me. I was struggling with it just yesterday while doing a bcache setup.
>
> You didn't say what you were dual booting with. The other OS makes a
> difference.
>
> GPT or MBR partition type?
>
> Are you using a particular HOWTO/doc on your setup?
>
> More info plz.
>
>
>
> On 05/17/2016 06:41 PM, Ralph Sanchez wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm setting up a dual boot, and installing deb Jessie first. I installed
>> it before, no problem. Now, grub won't install :( it just tells me it's a
>> fatal error and refuses to install. Will lilo work for a dual boot? I've
>> got no idea why it wouldn't work this time
>>
>>
>

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Grub won't install Ralph Sanchez <rwsanchez3@gmail.com> - 2016-05-18 03:50 +0200
  Re: Grub won't install J Mo <jmomo@jmomo.net> - 2016-05-18 06:20 +0200
    Re: Grub won't install e Lpe <m2lepretre@gmail.com> - 2016-05-18 12:00 +0200
    Re: Grub won't install Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2016-05-18 21:00 +0200
      Re: Grub won't install Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-05-19 00:50 +0200
        Re: Grub won't install Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-05-19 01:00 +0200
          Re: Grub won't install Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-05-20 00:00 +0200
        Re: Grub won't install Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> - 2016-05-19 18:50 +0200
          Re: Grub won't install Ralph Sanchez <rwsanchez3@gmail.com> - 2016-05-19 19:30 +0200
      Re: Grub won't install Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@fastmail.com> - 2016-05-20 02:10 +0200
        Re: Grub won't install <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-05-20 09:40 +0200
        Re: Grub won't install J Mo <jmomo@jmomo.net> - 2016-05-21 11:10 +0200
        Re: Grub won't install Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com> - 2016-05-26 05:50 +0200

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