After updates, won't boot past the word "grub" with F9

[Chuck Anderson]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 09:49:20PM +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > Sorry to reply to my own message, but I've fixed the problem on my machine and 
> > this may be of help to the OP.  Somehow, GRUB stage 1 was corrupted.  To fix the 
> > problem:
> > 
> > 1.  Use the install CD/DVD to boot into rescue mode.  After issuing the chroot 
> > /mnt/sysimage command, type "grub."
> > 
> > 2.  You should see a "grub >" command line.  type "root(hd0,0)".  Hit enter.
> > 
> > 3.  Type "setup (hd0)" and hit enter.  This should reinstall grub in the MBR.
> > 
> > 4.  Type "quit" to exit the grub shell.
> > 
> > Reboot.  This worked for me.  This method assumes a typical install of grub into 
> > the MBR of the first hard drive.
> 
> You can also run just "grub-install /dev/sda" from the shell (adjust
> sda appropriately) to reinstall GRUB into MBR.

Really?  I thought grub-install was removed from the rescue 
environment:

\https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429785