Repair grub Linux/Windows dual boot

Le Vuong - Oct 6 - - Dev Community

I accidentally removed the BIOS boot option for Linux, but fortunately, I found this very detailed guide on how to restore the GRUB bootloader for Linux.

I believe this will work in most cases, even after installing the Windows bootloader, which usually overwrites Linux boot settings.

Below are some notes after I did this (more details in the link above):

  1. Create an Ubuntu boot disk. The download is usually fast, but the slow part is writing to the boot USB (which took 20 minutes for me). See how to create a boot disk (on Windows) here.

  2. Find the Linux partition:

    sudo fdisk -l
    sudo blkid

  3. Check for EFI boot:

    sudo fdisk -l (look for a partition with the type 'EFI System').

  4. Mount your partition:

    sudo mount /dev/sdXY /mnt

    This is needed to chroot into your Linux mount later.

  5. Bind mount necessary directories:

    for i in /sys /proc /run /dev; do sudo mount --rbind "$i" "/mnt$i"; done

  6. If you have EFI boot:

    sudo mount /dev/sdXY /mnt/boot/efi

  7. Chroot:

    sudo chroot /mnt

  8. Update GRUB:

    update-grub

    After this step, you may restart if it's fixed. Otherwise, continue to step 9.

  9. Reinstall GRUB if not fixed:

    grub-install /dev/sda
    update-grub
    (to detect and add Windows to the GRUB menu).

  10. Check if the EFI UUID is correct, and update it if needed:

    blkid | grep -i efi
    grep -i efi /etc/fstab

  11. Finish:

    exit
    sudo reboot

There are many steps, but the detailed instructions make them easy to follow. It's easy to Google any terms you don't understand, so don't worry.

I hope this helps fix your Linux system!

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Terabox Video Player