Tag: chroot

How to regenerate a GRUB configuration on Linux.

Assuming your grub is installed correctly you need to re-generate its configuration. In a terminal, the steps to do this are as follows. You need to mount the partition in a chroot. This can be done quickly when using a Linux Mint live DVD. Escalate your shell to root because…

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How to install a very minimal Ubuntu system in a partition.

There is a very minimal Ubuntu release I have found. This is as bare-bones as it can be. This could be the basis of a custom Linux distribution. Download a copy here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-base/releases/19.10/release/ubuntu-base-19.10-base-amd64.tar.gz. I had a spare 35 Gigabyte Linux partition, so I unpacked the contents of the tarball into…

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