Installing Grub2

[cumali]

To install GRUB2 and os-prober to detect your other systems:

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sudo packer -S grub2-bios os-prober

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sudo grub_bios-install /dev/sdX (replace X with yours)

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sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

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sudo grub_bios-install /dev/sda
source: Bridge linux README: Install Extras
was tested: http://opensource-tr.org/destek/thread-672.html
                   http://forum.ubuntu-tr.net/index.php?topic=32504.0

[Ninja-1]

This is useful information, I am going to have a wiki up soon that you can possibly help with.

[cumali]

would be very nice

[Patrick]

grub_bios-install doesn't work. isn't it grub-install ?

[YFDogan]

Try this:

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# pacman -S grub2-bios os-prober

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sudo grub-install /dev/sda

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sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

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sudo grub-install /dev/sda

[Ninja-1]

Yep, it just got changed upstream in an update not too long ago.

[Patrick]

yes this seems to work but only if you change the default install config :
/boot partition shouldn't be ext2 !
I don't remember the error message, Grub2 should be installed on ext3 ? or ext4 partition
(hope I'm clear enough, English isn't my mother tongue)

[Ninja-1]

There's a differen't method for using a /boot partition. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB2#Install_to_Partition_or_Partitionless_Disk

[Patrick]

it has worked the way you said YFDogan 

[ludvick]

@YFDogan

From me +1 for great working solution! Thanks!

[YFDogan]

U re wellcome friends.

[cumali]

now is not up to date

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# grub-install /dev/sda
source_dir doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory
may be the solution

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# grub-install --directory=/usr/lib/grub/i386-pc --target=i386-pc --grub-setup=/bin/true --boot-directory=/boot --recheck --debug /dev/sda
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Grub2