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How do I fix the grub PC package failed to install into target?

Posted on by Arif Clayton

How do I fix the grub PC package failed to install into target?

You need to mount the file system of your install on /mnt and then chroot the directory so you can interact with it. After that, try running the reinstall. Adding Debian repos to your Kali OS is a sure way to break your installation. Tried this fix but another problem appeared when installing grub.

How do I install grub bootloader on my hard drive?

Installing Grub to an external hard drive that has Ubuntu installed. Boot into an Ubuntu live USB and connect the external hard drive. From the results of lsblk , identify the linux partition and also the efi partition of the external hard drive, i.e. /dev/sdXY1 and /dev/sdXY2 respectively.

Where is grub bootloader installed in Kali Linux?

Is it where grub will be installed? Why do we need to mount kali-linux partition to repair grub? In UEFI, you have to mount EFI partition also as sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi. /dev/sda1 is your EFI partition where grub will be installed.

How do I manually install grub?

1 Answer

  1. Boot the machine using a Live CD.
  2. Open a terminal.
  3. Find out the name of the internal disk by using fdisk to look up the device’s size.
  4. Install GRUB boot loader onto the proper disk (the example below assumes it is /dev/sda ): sudo grub-install –recheck –no-floppy –root-directory=/ /dev/sda.

Is it necessary to install grub?

The UEFI firmware (“BIOS”) can load the kernel, and the kernel can set itself up in memory and start running. The firmware also contains a boot manager, but you can install an alternative simple boot manager like systemd-boot. In short: there is simply no need for GRUB on a modern system.

How do I manually install GRUB bootloader?

How do I reinstall GRUB?

Resolution

  1. Place your SLES/SLED 10 CD 1 or DVD in the drive and boot up to the CD or DVD.
  2. Enter the command “fdisk -l”.
  3. Enter the command “mount /dev/sda2 /mnt”.
  4. Enter the command “grub-install –root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda”.
  5. Once this command completes successfully reboot your system by entering the command “reboot”.

How do I manually install grub bootloader?

How do I reinstall grub from grub rescue?

  1. The process to do that is simple. on start menu, select run and type msconfig.
  2. set boot=(hd0,msdos6)
  3. set prefix=(hd0,msdos6)/boot/grub.
  4. insmod normal.
  5. normal.
  6. sudo update-grub.
  7. sudo grub-install /dev/sda.
  8. grub rescue> ls.

How do I install GRUB on Windows?

2 Answers

  1. mount your Linux installed partition to some mount point.
  2. Now bind some essential live root partition directories to mounted root partition at /mnt.
  3. Now, change the root to newly mounted partition directory.
  4. Now, install the GRUB using grub-install command at your HDD MBR.

Is it necessary to install GRUB?

Is GRUB needed with UEFI?

Unless you plan to dual boot with alternate operating systems (such as Windows), GRUB isn’t mandatory if you’re on a pure UEFI stack. Alternate boot managers such as systemd-boot and even EFISTUB are sufficient for your needs.