How to update grub from another distro?

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I have three Linux installs and one Windows 8.1 install on my computer. Now, I've only installed Grub2 on one Linux install. So, I always have to login to that one to use update-grub. The problem is, I want to get rid of exactly that Linux install.



So, my goal is it to get it to work, that I can use update-grub from another install, while keeping the grub installation, that is sitting on my EFI partition.



The install that should be the one for updating grub2 from now on is Arch.



Is this somehow possible and if how?










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  • I'm not quite sure I have understood your question. Do you have three different distros in your HD and you can boot choosing what distro you want to start with or you have only one?

    – YoMismo
    Oct 23 '14 at 6:51











  • Do you have a separate boot partition? Also is rEFInd an option?

    – DarkSheep
    Oct 23 '14 at 15:13











  • I have 3 different distros and one Win install. I can choose in which one to boot at startup thanks to Grub. Well, at least it was that way, now it seems I messed up.

    – fluxkompensator
    Oct 24 '14 at 1:00











  • Yes, I have a separate EFI partition. I don't know, what rEFInd is.

    – fluxkompensator
    Oct 24 '14 at 1:01















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I have three Linux installs and one Windows 8.1 install on my computer. Now, I've only installed Grub2 on one Linux install. So, I always have to login to that one to use update-grub. The problem is, I want to get rid of exactly that Linux install.



So, my goal is it to get it to work, that I can use update-grub from another install, while keeping the grub installation, that is sitting on my EFI partition.



The install that should be the one for updating grub2 from now on is Arch.



Is this somehow possible and if how?










share|improve this question
























  • I'm not quite sure I have understood your question. Do you have three different distros in your HD and you can boot choosing what distro you want to start with or you have only one?

    – YoMismo
    Oct 23 '14 at 6:51











  • Do you have a separate boot partition? Also is rEFInd an option?

    – DarkSheep
    Oct 23 '14 at 15:13











  • I have 3 different distros and one Win install. I can choose in which one to boot at startup thanks to Grub. Well, at least it was that way, now it seems I messed up.

    – fluxkompensator
    Oct 24 '14 at 1:00











  • Yes, I have a separate EFI partition. I don't know, what rEFInd is.

    – fluxkompensator
    Oct 24 '14 at 1:01













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I have three Linux installs and one Windows 8.1 install on my computer. Now, I've only installed Grub2 on one Linux install. So, I always have to login to that one to use update-grub. The problem is, I want to get rid of exactly that Linux install.



So, my goal is it to get it to work, that I can use update-grub from another install, while keeping the grub installation, that is sitting on my EFI partition.



The install that should be the one for updating grub2 from now on is Arch.



Is this somehow possible and if how?










share|improve this question
















I have three Linux installs and one Windows 8.1 install on my computer. Now, I've only installed Grub2 on one Linux install. So, I always have to login to that one to use update-grub. The problem is, I want to get rid of exactly that Linux install.



So, my goal is it to get it to work, that I can use update-grub from another install, while keeping the grub installation, that is sitting on my EFI partition.



The install that should be the one for updating grub2 from now on is Arch.



Is this somehow possible and if how?







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  • I'm not quite sure I have understood your question. Do you have three different distros in your HD and you can boot choosing what distro you want to start with or you have only one?

    – YoMismo
    Oct 23 '14 at 6:51











  • Do you have a separate boot partition? Also is rEFInd an option?

    – DarkSheep
    Oct 23 '14 at 15:13











  • I have 3 different distros and one Win install. I can choose in which one to boot at startup thanks to Grub. Well, at least it was that way, now it seems I messed up.

    – fluxkompensator
    Oct 24 '14 at 1:00











  • Yes, I have a separate EFI partition. I don't know, what rEFInd is.

    – fluxkompensator
    Oct 24 '14 at 1:01

















  • I'm not quite sure I have understood your question. Do you have three different distros in your HD and you can boot choosing what distro you want to start with or you have only one?

    – YoMismo
    Oct 23 '14 at 6:51











  • Do you have a separate boot partition? Also is rEFInd an option?

    – DarkSheep
    Oct 23 '14 at 15:13











  • I have 3 different distros and one Win install. I can choose in which one to boot at startup thanks to Grub. Well, at least it was that way, now it seems I messed up.

    – fluxkompensator
    Oct 24 '14 at 1:00











  • Yes, I have a separate EFI partition. I don't know, what rEFInd is.

    – fluxkompensator
    Oct 24 '14 at 1:01
















I'm not quite sure I have understood your question. Do you have three different distros in your HD and you can boot choosing what distro you want to start with or you have only one?

– YoMismo
Oct 23 '14 at 6:51





I'm not quite sure I have understood your question. Do you have three different distros in your HD and you can boot choosing what distro you want to start with or you have only one?

– YoMismo
Oct 23 '14 at 6:51













Do you have a separate boot partition? Also is rEFInd an option?

– DarkSheep
Oct 23 '14 at 15:13





Do you have a separate boot partition? Also is rEFInd an option?

– DarkSheep
Oct 23 '14 at 15:13













I have 3 different distros and one Win install. I can choose in which one to boot at startup thanks to Grub. Well, at least it was that way, now it seems I messed up.

– fluxkompensator
Oct 24 '14 at 1:00





I have 3 different distros and one Win install. I can choose in which one to boot at startup thanks to Grub. Well, at least it was that way, now it seems I messed up.

– fluxkompensator
Oct 24 '14 at 1:00













Yes, I have a separate EFI partition. I don't know, what rEFInd is.

– fluxkompensator
Oct 24 '14 at 1:01





Yes, I have a separate EFI partition. I don't know, what rEFInd is.

– fluxkompensator
Oct 24 '14 at 1:01










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You have to boot from another Live or installed linux, Then chroot to the given linux(you wan t to install its grub)

Then you have to apply:



grub-install /dev/YOURDEV


such as:



grub-install /dev/sda





share|improve this answer






























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    Your bootsector uses the files under /boot and that then uses /boot/grub/grub.cfg for further menu selection.



    Before you do anything make sure you have a bootable CD/USB, in case you make your system unbootable. It is much more easy to make the CD/USB before you break anything. And try it out.



    The next thing to do is boot from one of the other Linux installed on your system and do:



    sudo update-grub


    and inspect the resulting /boot/grub/grub.cfg, to make sure the three Linux installs are in there as well as the Windows8.1 one. You will notice that the currently booted Linux will be the default in the menu.



    Now you can have the boot sector point to this Linux. Assuming you boot from /dev/sda:



    grub-install /dev/sda


    This is IMO the simplest way to do this as there is no need to chroot. Of course it relies on a bootable installation already being available.






    share|improve this answer























    • I've seem to have done something wrong here. Now, Grub is somehow gone and my laptop just boots into Win 8.1 at startup. Will report back tomorrow with results from Live CD.

      – fluxkompensator
      Oct 24 '14 at 1:05










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    You have to boot from another Live or installed linux, Then chroot to the given linux(you wan t to install its grub)

    Then you have to apply:



    grub-install /dev/YOURDEV


    such as:



    grub-install /dev/sda





    share|improve this answer



























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      You have to boot from another Live or installed linux, Then chroot to the given linux(you wan t to install its grub)

      Then you have to apply:



      grub-install /dev/YOURDEV


      such as:



      grub-install /dev/sda





      share|improve this answer

























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        You have to boot from another Live or installed linux, Then chroot to the given linux(you wan t to install its grub)

        Then you have to apply:



        grub-install /dev/YOURDEV


        such as:



        grub-install /dev/sda





        share|improve this answer













        You have to boot from another Live or installed linux, Then chroot to the given linux(you wan t to install its grub)

        Then you have to apply:



        grub-install /dev/YOURDEV


        such as:



        grub-install /dev/sda






        share|improve this answer












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            Your bootsector uses the files under /boot and that then uses /boot/grub/grub.cfg for further menu selection.



            Before you do anything make sure you have a bootable CD/USB, in case you make your system unbootable. It is much more easy to make the CD/USB before you break anything. And try it out.



            The next thing to do is boot from one of the other Linux installed on your system and do:



            sudo update-grub


            and inspect the resulting /boot/grub/grub.cfg, to make sure the three Linux installs are in there as well as the Windows8.1 one. You will notice that the currently booted Linux will be the default in the menu.



            Now you can have the boot sector point to this Linux. Assuming you boot from /dev/sda:



            grub-install /dev/sda


            This is IMO the simplest way to do this as there is no need to chroot. Of course it relies on a bootable installation already being available.






            share|improve this answer























            • I've seem to have done something wrong here. Now, Grub is somehow gone and my laptop just boots into Win 8.1 at startup. Will report back tomorrow with results from Live CD.

              – fluxkompensator
              Oct 24 '14 at 1:05















            0














            Your bootsector uses the files under /boot and that then uses /boot/grub/grub.cfg for further menu selection.



            Before you do anything make sure you have a bootable CD/USB, in case you make your system unbootable. It is much more easy to make the CD/USB before you break anything. And try it out.



            The next thing to do is boot from one of the other Linux installed on your system and do:



            sudo update-grub


            and inspect the resulting /boot/grub/grub.cfg, to make sure the three Linux installs are in there as well as the Windows8.1 one. You will notice that the currently booted Linux will be the default in the menu.



            Now you can have the boot sector point to this Linux. Assuming you boot from /dev/sda:



            grub-install /dev/sda


            This is IMO the simplest way to do this as there is no need to chroot. Of course it relies on a bootable installation already being available.






            share|improve this answer























            • I've seem to have done something wrong here. Now, Grub is somehow gone and my laptop just boots into Win 8.1 at startup. Will report back tomorrow with results from Live CD.

              – fluxkompensator
              Oct 24 '14 at 1:05













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            Your bootsector uses the files under /boot and that then uses /boot/grub/grub.cfg for further menu selection.



            Before you do anything make sure you have a bootable CD/USB, in case you make your system unbootable. It is much more easy to make the CD/USB before you break anything. And try it out.



            The next thing to do is boot from one of the other Linux installed on your system and do:



            sudo update-grub


            and inspect the resulting /boot/grub/grub.cfg, to make sure the three Linux installs are in there as well as the Windows8.1 one. You will notice that the currently booted Linux will be the default in the menu.



            Now you can have the boot sector point to this Linux. Assuming you boot from /dev/sda:



            grub-install /dev/sda


            This is IMO the simplest way to do this as there is no need to chroot. Of course it relies on a bootable installation already being available.






            share|improve this answer













            Your bootsector uses the files under /boot and that then uses /boot/grub/grub.cfg for further menu selection.



            Before you do anything make sure you have a bootable CD/USB, in case you make your system unbootable. It is much more easy to make the CD/USB before you break anything. And try it out.



            The next thing to do is boot from one of the other Linux installed on your system and do:



            sudo update-grub


            and inspect the resulting /boot/grub/grub.cfg, to make sure the three Linux installs are in there as well as the Windows8.1 one. You will notice that the currently booted Linux will be the default in the menu.



            Now you can have the boot sector point to this Linux. Assuming you boot from /dev/sda:



            grub-install /dev/sda


            This is IMO the simplest way to do this as there is no need to chroot. Of course it relies on a bootable installation already being available.







            share|improve this answer












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            • I've seem to have done something wrong here. Now, Grub is somehow gone and my laptop just boots into Win 8.1 at startup. Will report back tomorrow with results from Live CD.

              – fluxkompensator
              Oct 24 '14 at 1:05

















            • I've seem to have done something wrong here. Now, Grub is somehow gone and my laptop just boots into Win 8.1 at startup. Will report back tomorrow with results from Live CD.

              – fluxkompensator
              Oct 24 '14 at 1:05
















            I've seem to have done something wrong here. Now, Grub is somehow gone and my laptop just boots into Win 8.1 at startup. Will report back tomorrow with results from Live CD.

            – fluxkompensator
            Oct 24 '14 at 1:05





            I've seem to have done something wrong here. Now, Grub is somehow gone and my laptop just boots into Win 8.1 at startup. Will report back tomorrow with results from Live CD.

            – fluxkompensator
            Oct 24 '14 at 1:05

















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