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about 2 months ago got free computer no operating system installed. first operating system installed ubuntu 10.4. last week purchased windows 7 , installed today modified mbr , can boot windows. didn't have grub installed before have nothing restore from. have linux on /dev/sda1 , windows on /dev/sda2 followed swap.

i've searched through these forms (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/gr...0from%20livecd) can find restoring grub 2 if you've had installed previously.

i've run "sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda1", failed following:

/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: attempting install grub partition instead of mbr. bad idea..
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: embedding not possible. grub can installed in setup using blocklists. however, blocklists unreliable , use discouraged..
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: if want blocklists, use --force.

don't think want use --force, i'd rather install mbr, how do that?

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about 2 months ago got free computer no operating system installed. first operating system installed ubuntu 10.4. last week purchased windows 7 , installed today modified mbr , can boot windows. didn't have grub installed before have nothing restore from. have linux on /dev/sda1 , windows on /dev/sda2 followed swap.

i've searched through these forms (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/gr...0from%20livecd) can find restoring grub 2 if you've had installed previously.

i've run "sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda1", failed following:

/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: attempting install grub partition instead of mbr. bad idea..
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: embedding not possible. grub can installed in setup using blocklists. however, blocklists unreliable , use discouraged..
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: if want blocklists, use --force.

don't think want use --force, i'd rather install mbr, how do that?
you install grub sda not sda1 tried; hence error messages.

however, make sure going on, please boot computer ubuntu cd choosing try not install.

click on link @ bottom of post , follow instructions there.

post results here , try , resolve this.


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