HOW to CHROOT and install Grub in DebEX - (copy and paste the commmands) sudo su mkdir /mnt/sda1 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 (i.e. mount the install partition) mount -t proc proc /mnt/sda1/proc mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sda1/sys mount --bind /dev /mnt/sda1/dev chroot /mnt/sda1 /bin/bash (i.e. "chroot" into the install partition) apt update apt install grub-pc grub-install /dev/sda update-grub exit umount /mnt/sda1/proc umount /mnt/sda1/sys umount /mnt/sda1/dev umount /mnt/sda1 NOTE 1: You shall of course change /dev/sda1 to suit your installation partition NOTE 2: You'll find this document also in /home/user and /root Watch a screenshot when I run the commands above - http://debex.exton.net/debex-kde/debex-kde-chroot-grub-install-vbox-200228.jpg /exton