On Sat 10 Sep 2016 at 11:40:28 -0400, Alan McConnell wrote: > > Boot your install medium - enter rescue mode - reinstall grub? > I tried Rescue Mode. Maybe I'm not doing it right, but I got thrown > into > "Chose language", "Choose Keyboard" . . . just as if I were doing a > fresh > install. ? ? ?
You noticed what was in the top left-hand corner of the screen? > But I don't need that. I played with the BIOS a little, and now I boot > automatically Yes, you need it - definitely. Persevere. Keep going and eventually you'll get to a page where you can reinstall GRUB. > into my new Jessie. I am busy installing stuff and getting stuff off of > backups, etc . . > But I'd still like to be asked, right after I turn the machine on, which OS > I'd like > to boot. > > My present /boot/grub/ directory contains minimal stuff: > fonts/ , grub.cfg , grubenv , i386-pc/ , locale/ , unicode.pf2 > > But when I run apt-cache search grub , it shows me a lot more stuff that I > could install. So I ask again, this time from a position of being able to > install > and configure grub , how do I do it, and make it give me a good clean choice > of > OS when I turn my machine on in the morning? > > I hope that this is the place to ask; or is there an E-list full of grub > experts? They'll tell you to reinstall GRUB and run the command 'update-grub' from rescue mode. You can ask about this if you are stuck when you get rescue mode going.
