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Hi i'm a linux newbie and i've just installed ubuntu as a dual boot with windows 7 but foolishly installed the bootloader on the same partition as ubuntu. is there an easy way to reinstall it on another partition without reistalling ubuntu again?

i've just tried this method to no avail....

How to manually install boot loader?

thanks

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  • What happened when you tried the instructions in the link?
    – wjandrea
    Sep 12, 2017 at 18:43
  • wow that was quick thanks. it says this..... sed: can't read //boot/grub/device.map: No such file or directory grep: //boot/grub/device.map: No such file or directory /dev/sda2 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive. is it a bad idea to install it on the windows 7 partition?
    – Joel
    Sep 12, 2017 at 18:50
  • Oh, I guess that's the issue. You need to install grub on the disk, i.e. /dev/sda
    – wjandrea
    Sep 12, 2017 at 18:59
  • i know this is a silly question but how exactly? the terminal and myself don't quite speak the same language yet. i know i installed grub somewhere. i'll try a reboot and see what happens. if i don't return i'll be crying into my hands listening to the broken dvd drive stabbing my impatience with chugs of incompetence
    – Joel
    Sep 12, 2017 at 19:30
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    For the password in terminal, it's never shown, not even dots. It's a security feature. There's some discussion of it here.
    – wjandrea
    Sep 13, 2017 at 20:54

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