All sorted. The second USB stick worked OK before doing the chroot. -----Original message----- > From:Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday 24th January 2018 17:17 > To: R P Herrold <[log in to unmask]> > Cc: [log in to unmask] > Subject: RE: Problem recreating grub2 menu in SL7 dual boot with Win10 > > Thanks for your response > > > Packages are partitioned into a main and sub-packages, so that > > the bloat of un-needed matter is avoided. UEFI is relatively > > new, and until Windows 10, not really mandated by Microsoft > > installations. Also the needed hardware (a TPM chip) was not > > universally present, and so that sub-package would seem to be > > bloat to most people > > Understood. > > > As to how to get a copy, using an second machine to retrieve > > the needed package, and placing it on a data stick comes to > > mind. > > But how to get it into the system that can only be booted in rescue mode from my USB stick? > I will try using a second USB stick > > Cheers > Bill > >