Bug#518791: If you can't run grub-install yet

[Francois Marier]

I also ran into this problem where I couldn't run "grub-install /dev/hda"
(which ultimately fixed my problem) because I couldn't boot.

Here's how I was able to boot. I replaced this line:

  search --fs-uuid --set ...

with

  insmod linux

Then hit Ctrl+x

So in the end, it looked like this:

  set root=(hd0,1)
  insmod linux
  linux /boot/vmlinuz-KERNELVERSION root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet

Cheers,
Francois