Re-installing Grub2, getting error on grub-probe

When i was trying to reinstall grub for my ubuntu 10.04 from a 11.04 live cd, i was getting error as:

grub-probe error: error: cannot find a drive for /media/Linux/boot/grub (is /dev mounted?)

My ubuntu partition is sda6 and i was using the following command:

sudo grub-install --boot-directory=/media/Linux/boot /dev/sda6 --recheck

Please resolve this error for me..

2 Answers

I rebooted and the issue wasn't any more.

6nagi9, the shortest way is, from a terminal in a live CD environment:

1. sudo fdisk -l (to figure out in which patition is your boot directory located)

2. sudo mount /dev/sdxX /mnt

3. sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda --recheck (to install in the MBR of your first harddrive)

It should say: Instalation finished. No error reported.

...umount your /mnt and reboot. If you have a recent windows install probably you won't see it in your grub menu, bet that's no sweat, from within your ubuntu install run sudo update-grub and it will find your windows install and update your grub.cfg accordingly.

Hope it helps...