Grub-install -boot-directory=/mnt/boot /dev/sda1 make sure the 128Mb partition I had created for Grub is /dev/sda1 sudo bash (okay now I have a root shell) It's time to implement toggling between Win 7 and Win XP allow Win 7 to install completely (a few reboots., update., reboot.) allow Win 7 to create it's usual 2 new ntfs partitions ( /dev/sda2 and /dev/sda3) create a 128Mb ext3 partition /dev/sda1 for Grub with gparted boot into Ubuntu Live CD, click 'Try Ubuntu' However I already have the Ubuntu Live CD and I would like to learn a bit about Grub2. So they instruct you to mount that installation as /mnt then chroot /mnt and fix Grub from the chroot environment.
They commonly assume you've already got a Linux installation on your machine. Plenty of tutorials are available online which teach you how to rescue Grub after Windows has been installed. I'd like to tell you how to set this up with Grub2 ? = a need to toggle between Win XP and Win 7