GRUB2 prompt instead of BURG boot screen after mistake during BURG installation

Posted by Tomas Lycken on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Tomas Lycken
Published on 2012-06-15T11:07:49Z Indexed on 2012/06/17 21:24 UTC
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I just installed BURG, but during the installation I made a mistake: after the package was installed, I got to some command-line based GUI for configuration, where I forgot to mark my (only) hard disk as the boot device before I hit OK. I tried to reinstall (apt-get purge burg && apt-get autoremove followed by apt-get install burg) but I wasn't able to get to the same screen again (I didn't find the GUI).

When I now start my computer, I am taken to a GRUB2 prompt and no BURG (or GRUB2) boot menu is shown. Since I don't know any GRUB commands and I am helpless.

How do I reinstall GRUB/BURG correctly?

Update: I rebooted my computer, and got a BURG prompt (which appears to be the same thing as a GRUB prompt, but if there's a difference I wouldn't know it...). I have booted from a Live USB, but I don't know what to do next.

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