Linux install bootloader on usb windows 7#

This Support Knowledgebase provides a valuable tool for SUSE customers and parties interested in our products and solutions to acquire information, ideas and learn from one another. Your system will reboot and hopefully you will see the GRUB menu again. Once this command completes successfully reboot your system by entering the command 'reboot'. The 'sda' without the number on the end represents the drive where the 2 in 'sda2' represents the partition number on the drive.ĥ. Be sure to replace /dev/sda with the correct device for your hard drive where the root partition exists (usually /dev/hda for IDE drives). Enter the command ' grub-install -root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda'. If you get an error run the command 'cd /' and try again.Ĥ. Remember that you will not be able to do the umount command if you have used the cd command to change directories into the /mnt directory. Just replace the device names with those on your system: Use the following commands as an example.

You can unmount the partition and try one of the others if needed. Create a bootable Linux USB drive / Create a bootable Linux DVD. Create space on your hard drive by Shrinking Windows.

Linux install bootloader on usb windows 7#

How do I install Windows 7 over Ubuntu The steps for booting Ubuntu alongside Windows 7 are as follows: Take a backup of your system. If the file is not found then this is most likely not the root partition. After successful installation the Windows bootloader replaces the grub. You should see this same partition being mounted to '/' in a line similar to this: *** Note: With this partition mounted you can verify that it is the '/' (or root) partition by viewing the contents of the /mnt/etc/fstab file. Be sure to replace /dev/sda2 with the appropriate device for your root partition. Enter the command 'mount /dev/sda2 /mnt'. If you took the default during installation it is typically the Linux partition just after the Linux swap partition.ģ. You need to know which of the partitions displayed is your root partition for the Linux system. IDE drives will have a device name of /dev/hda.