Mandriva Rescue grub install

[developer_dave]

I cannot get lilo to work, so I wanted to try to install grub. I cannot boot to the OS because lilo would not install, so I loaded the mandriva rescue, and went to a console. When I do

grub-install /dev/sda

I get the message: cannot create director '/boot' File exists

Do I have to chroot to some directory? If so which one, I am kind of a linux newbie, I have had some experience with fedora. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[devils casper]

hi developer_dave,

Welcome to the LinuxForums.

if you have created separate boot partition then chroot that only. create mount_point, mount partition and chroot it.




Casper

[developer_dave]

Does it sound like I need to do this, I do not know if I have a seperate boot partition. I used Mandriva defaults when installing. If I do need to do all of this, how can I accomplish this? Thanks.

[devils casper]

execute "fdisk -l" in rescue mode and post output here.

[developer_dave]

Device Boot Start End Blocks ID System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1083 8187448+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1084 20673 148100400 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1084 1624 4089928+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 1625 20673 144010408+ 83 Linux

[devils casper]

chroot /dev/sda1  /mnt/sysimage
grub-install /dev/sda

[developer_dave]

When I do 'chroot /dev/sda1 /mnt/sysimage' I get the message:

chroot: cannot change root directory to /dev/sda1: not a directory

sorry, I am a real newbie, just trying to get it to work. Can you think of anything else? Thanks.