You may find that grub is pretty useless when your menu.lst is missing or misconfigured. It’s not easy to figure out how to make grub tell you where the files are that you need. Here’s how to find what you need in order to boot, just using the grub bootloader.

GNU GRUB is easy to set up, it’s just got it’s own funky syntax that you don’t really see anywhere else.
GRUB stands for GRand Unified Bootloader
GNU GRUB is a multiboot boot loader derived from the original GRUB. It is the first software program that runs when a computer starts. …