On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 01:42:04 +0100 agraham wrote: > root at localhost ~]# grub2-install /dev/vda1 What? You mean it isn't obvious you need to use the --force option? :-). But actually, inside a virtual machine I'd expect you'd want grub2-install /dev/vda (not vda1) unless you've setup some kind of multi-boot virtual machine.