Repairing Grub - Separate Partition - Dual Boot Windows

Question

I am attempting to repair grub on separate /boot partition without removing Windows Boot Loader.

• I installed Ubuntu 12.04 after Windows 8 on 250GB SSD drive.
• Grub installation failed during Ubuntu Install on separate /boot partition (I chose to skip grub install after this happened)
• However, Grub does seem to be installed on that separate /boot partition. However, grub command line is loaded when I boot to it. I don't think there are any OS entries.
• I created a entry in Windows Boot Loader directly to Ubuntu OS partition, but it does same thing: grub command line.
• I am following instructions here with Live USB:
  • https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing#Fixing_a_Broken_System

I'm worried that this command will overwrite MBR and Windows Boot Loader:

sudo grub-install /dev/sda

I tried this, but it tells me that installing grub to a partition is not recommended:

sudo grub-install /dev/sda3

1. Do I even need to do an install?
2. Do I just need to update config with OS entries?
3. I've seen chroot mentioned.

Here is my fdisk -ls:

Device    Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048      718847      358400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2          718848   439648255   219464704    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3       439648256   440135679      243712   83  Linux
/dev/sda4       440137726   488396799    24129537    5  Extended
/dev/sda5       440137728   480583679    20222976   83  Linux
/dev/sda6       480585728   488396799     3905536   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Any help is much appreciated!

Solution

I ended up just re-installing Ubuntu and did not include a separate /boot partition this time. Grub installed to my Ubuntu partition and and Windows boots to that.

Comments

[heme]

boot-repair was extremely helpful, but in the end I just reinstalled Ubuntu and did not include a separate /boot partition this time. Grub insatlled to my Ubuntu partition and and Windows boots to that.

[jmunsch]

Perhaps you could include some steps that helped you to solve the same problem?