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Setup Mint from LiveUSB and fix bootloader
# Primary sources
# Install Grub2: http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/245
# Update grub2: http://askubuntu.com/questions/145241/how-do-i-run-update-grub-from-a-livecd
# Run LiveUSB in live or persistent mode. You'll need the terminal after installation.
# Install as normal. You'll get an error about not being able to install the bootloader, ignore and continue, do not reboot.
# If you do reboot, just get back into live mode and continue.
# Replace the drive/partition numbers where necessary in the code below and run the following commands to install/update GRUB2
#sudo mount /dev/sdXY /mnt
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
#sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sdX
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sdb
sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
# ONLY DO THIS IF SEPARATE BOOT PARTITION (I didn't)
#sudo mount /dev/sdaX /mnt/boot
sudo chroot /mnt
sudo update-grub
exit
sudo umount /mnt/dev
sudo umount /mnt/sys
sudo umount /mnt/proc
#sudo umount /mnt/boot #Only if you mounted it earlier
sudo umount /mnt/
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