How do I replace the default GRUB bootloader?

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I have 2 distributions in my PC. Ubuntu and Linux Mint. Linux Mint was installed second, but I work mostly in Ubuntu. Whenever I install new kernel in my ubuntu, I have to run update-grub from Linux-Mint to get it updated in Grub screen. Is there anyway to make the GRUB in my ubuntu as the one which loads the operating systems?

samgabbay · Answer 1 · 2014-11-24T19:35:36.783

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Try Taking a Look here, it should reinstall grub, And most probably fix your problem https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair#A2nd_option_%3A_install_Boot-Repair_in_Ubuntu

edited Nov 24 '14 at 19:35

answered Nov 24 '14 at 19:20

samgabbay

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 24 '14 at 19:55

Thanks for the links. I could achieve my purpose using

'grub-install ' command.

Syntax: grub-install --root-directory=X $dev

Where X is the mount point of your partition containing grub files,in this case the partition containing my ubuntu and dev is the hdd device. Eg: /dev/sda

How do I replace the default GRUB bootloader?

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