this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2024
20 points (100.0% liked)

Linux

48328 readers
632 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Folks, I just fucked up. I have a void install and an old debian install. I resized the debian install, but I forgot I got grub installed there and now it's unbootable - respectively, it displays the grub rescue shell. Is there a way to somehow get back into void and reinstall grub from there?

top 4 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

You could create a live usb on another device and then use chroot

[–] variants@possumpat.io 6 points 2 months ago
[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

you can boot from a liveCD or USB, then mount the main OS, bind mount dev and proc, chroot into it and reconfigure/reinstall the boot loader

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

also, you should make backups and have a restore strategy that covers cases like this.