Problem:
I downloaded and burnt Debian 6.0.4 distro into a DVD, and starts to install it. Everything was okay, but the grub installation failed. Then I skipped that step and let it to continue. Once it finished the installation, it rebooted the machine and there was nothing to boot.
Solution:
The reason for the above problem is, the boot loader wasn't found. The solution is too easy, all you need to do is, install the grub boot loader manually. Unlike grub version 1, in grub version 2, you need to install a package called "grub-pc". But how ?
- Put your Debian 6 DVD and let it boot.
- Then you will get a menu where you need to choose "Rescue mode"
- There will be a process somewhat similar to installation process.
- When you get a list of partitions to boot, select the previously installed partition and run the shell on it. (you will get an option)
- It will load a simple shell, where you have only basic commands.
- To install the "grub-pc", you need to add the cd-rom to the repository list. "apt-cdrom add"
- As usual run "apt-get update"
- Then install grub-pc, "apt-get install grub-pc"
- You are done !!!
