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Grub blocking access to computer(except live disk) due to malfunctioning ubuntu install. How to use live disk boot options or command line to override.

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After a ubuntu installation that went wrong due to a scratched disk, my old install was removed, and no new install can be added because I can't burn a new cd since my cd drive is occupied by the live disk.

So, I was wondering if there is a way to bypass grub and skip ahead to my vista partition( to burn a new ubuntu disk) using the boot options or command line from the live disk.

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Arnaudus (a-lerouzic) said : 		#1

Hi,

I have not checked if it works, but here is a way to restore grub from the live CD (without burning or reinstalling anything):
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=224351

At least this would let you boot on whatever partition that is still OK.

It's not clear why the install process went wrong at one point, though. Were you installing a beta version of Ubuntu?

Hope this helps!

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