Re: Wheezy amd64 grub2 error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found

2015-08-26 Thread Brian
On Wed 26 Aug 2015 at 01:55:15 -0700, Ldten K wrote: > On Wed, 8/26/15, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > // Didn't you install a more recent version of GRUB (possibly from a new > // installation) at some time on that disk ? > > That could be it. The drive originally had a working wheezy installation

Re: Wheezy amd64 grub2 error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found

2015-08-26 Thread Ldten K
On Wed, 8/26/15, Pascal Hambourg wrote: // Didn't you install a more recent version of GRUB (possibly from a new // installation) at some time on that disk ? That could be it. The drive originally had a working wheezy installation that booted properly and worked just fine. I then decided to upg

Re: Wheezy amd64 grub2 error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found

2015-08-26 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Ldten K a écrit : > On Tue, 8/25/15, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > >> What does "ls (hd0,msdos1)/grub/" show ? Just a few files >> and directories or plenty of *.mod files? > > I have the drive disconnected at the moment but, as far as I remember, "ls > (hd0,msdos1)/grub/" > shows all the files th

Re: Wheezy amd64 grub2 error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found

2015-08-25 Thread Ldten K
On Tue, 8/25/15, Pascal Hambourg wrote: // What does "ls (hd0,msdos1)/grub/" show ? Just a few files // and directories or plenty of *.mod files? I have the drive disconnected at the moment but, as far as I remember, "ls (hd0,msdos1)/grub/" shows all the files that are normally expected to b

Re: Wheezy amd64 grub2 error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found

2015-08-25 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Ldten K a écrit : > > grub rescue> ls (hd0,msdos1)/ > config-3.2.0-4-amd64 grub initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64 lost+found > System.map-3.2.0-4-amd64 vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 > > grub rescue> set prefix=(hd0,msdos1)/grub > grub rescue> insmod normal > file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod not found

Re: Wheezy amd64 grub2 error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found

2015-08-24 Thread Ldten K
On Mon, 8/24/15, Brian wrote: // If the device and path for prefix is correct you should see a grub // directory in the output of // // ls ((hd0,msdos1)/ // // Do you? Yes. grub rescue> ls (hd0,msdos1)/ config-3.2.0-4-amd64 grub initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64 lost+found System.map-3.2.0-4-am

Re: Wheezy amd64 grub2 error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found

2015-08-24 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Ldten K a écrit : > > Am trying to restore my regular working HD from backup HD but booting > from the restored HD results in "file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not > found" error. This seems a bit odd since 1) my wheezy system is amd64 Indeed this seems odd, but not for that reason. "i386-pc" is j

Re: Wheezy amd64 grub2 error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found

2015-08-24 Thread Brian
On Sun 23 Aug 2015 at 20:14:32 -0700, Ldten K wrote: > 2. In the grub rescue mode: > grub rescue> set prefix=(hd0,msdos1)/grub > grub rescue> insmod normal > file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod not found > grub rescue> insmod linux > file '/grub/i386-pc/

Wheezy amd64 grub2 error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found

2015-08-23 Thread Ldten K
Hi, Am trying to restore my regular working HD from backup HD but booting from the restored HD results in "file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found" error. This seems a bit odd since 1) my wheezy system is amd64 and 2) I can boot from my backup HD just fine. My regular working and backup HDs h

Re: GRUB2 error (Solved)

2013-05-23 Thread Gary Roach
On 05/21/2013 04:24 PM, Gary Roach wrote: Hi My wife let her Debian machine get over 450 packages behind before I caught it. What a mess. The last problem is that when booting up the Welcome to Grub notice appears and then: error:file not found Entering rescue mode gru

Re: GRUB2 error

2013-05-22 Thread Goh Lip
On Thu, 23 May 2013 07:34:45 +0800, Gary Roach wrote: To all, I reinstalled grub2 with "Aptitude reinstall grub2". The installation seemed to work fine. I updated grub afterward. Brian asked grub-install /dev/sdX ? So.. # grub-install --recheck /dev/sdX # update-grub -- To UNSUBS

Re: GRUB2 error

2013-05-22 Thread Gary Roach
On 05/22/2013 11:20 AM, Gary Roach wrote: To all the questions. I reinstalled grub2. The same problem persists. I have run update-grub2 (a stub that runs grub-mkconfig for grub2) several times with no improvement. i also ran grub-mkconfig directly. Same results. See listing below. I've had Wh

Re: GRUB2 error

2013-05-22 Thread Brian
On Wed 22 May 2013 at 11:20:38 -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > On 05/21/2013 04:24 PM, Gary Roach wrote: > > I reinstalled grub2. The same problem persists. Does this refer to reinstalling the grub packages or to the command grub-install /dev/sdX ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ.

Re: GRUB2 error

2013-05-22 Thread Shane Johnson
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Gary Roach wrote: > On 05/21/2013 04:24 PM, Gary Roach wrote: > > Hi > > My wife let her Debian machine get over 450 packages behind before I caught > it. What a mess. The last problem is that when booting up the Welcome to > Grub notice appears and then: >

Re: GRUB2 error

2013-05-22 Thread Gary Roach
On 05/21/2013 04:24 PM, Gary Roach wrote: Hi My wife let her Debian machine get over 450 packages behind before I caught it. What a mess. The last problem is that when booting up the Welcome to Grub notice appears and then: error:file not found Entering rescue mode gru

Re: GRUB2 error

2013-05-22 Thread Jochen Spieker
Sorry, I cannot help with your original question, but this doesn't fit: Gary Roach: > > My wife let her Debian machine get over 450 packages behind before I > caught it. […] Oh yes, we are running Debian Wheezy (stable) and KDE > desktop […] Are you sure you are running wheezy? It has only been

Re: GRUB2 error

2013-05-21 Thread Frank McCormick
On 05/21/2013 07:24 PM, Gary Roach wrote: Hi My wife let her Debian machine get over 450 packages behind before I caught it. What a mess. The last problem is that when booting up the Welcome to Grub notice appears and then: error:file not found Entering rescue mode gru

Re: GRUB2 error

2013-05-21 Thread staticsafe
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 04:24:39PM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > Hi > > My wife let her Debian machine get over 450 packages behind before I > caught it. What a mess. The last problem is that when booting up the > Welcome to Grub notice appears and then: > error:file not found > Enter

GRUB2 error

2013-05-21 Thread Gary Roach
Hi My wife let her Debian machine get over 450 packages behind before I caught it. What a mess. The last problem is that when booting up the Welcome to Grub notice appears and then: error:file not found Entering rescue mode grubrescue> If I run "ls" I find that the roo

Re: Unstable, LVM and Grub2: "error: you need to load the kernel first"

2009-12-02 Thread Tom H
>> >>at the moment 'grub-pc' is broken in sid. When you have a separate /boot >> >>partition, the package generates a wrong '/boot/grub/grub.cfg'. Look at >> >>the BTS for bug #558042. There is also the workaround for the problem. >> I ran across the same problem, but I am running mdraid RAID 1, w

Re: Unstable, LVM and Grub2: "error: you need to load the kernel first"

2009-12-01 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 04:17:36PM -0600, Mark Allums wrote: > > >>at the moment 'grub-pc' is broken in sid. When you have a separate /boot > >>partition, the package generates a wrong '/boot/grub/grub.cfg'. Look at > >>the BTS for bug #558042. There is also the workaround for the problem. > >> >

Re: Unstable, LVM and Grub2: "error: you need to load the kernel first"

2009-12-01 Thread Mark Allums
at the moment 'grub-pc' is broken in sid. When you have a separate /boot partition, the package generates a wrong '/boot/grub/grub.cfg'. Look at the BTS for bug #558042. There is also the workaround for the problem. Hth Michael I ran across the same problem, but I am running mdraid RAID 1, w

Re: Unstable, LVM and Grub2: "error: you need to load the kernel first"

2009-11-30 Thread Johannes Graumann
Thanks guys. After setting the boot disk to "hd(0,0)" (from "hd(0,1)") and removing the "/boot" suffix by editing the grub entry from the boot menu I got finally in and aptitude update then pulled in a working version of grub-pc. Joh Michael Wagner wrote: > * Johannes Graumann 30.11.2009 >

Re: Unstable, LVM and Grub2: "error: you need to load the kernel first"

2009-11-30 Thread Tom H
Johannes Graumann wrote: >> A recent update of both my home machines running sid pulled in an update of >> grub2. Now both machines are stuck with the grub menu showing up fine, but >> no matter which kernel I choose, I always end up with this error: >> "error: you need to load the kernel first" >

Re: Unstable, LVM and Grub2: "error: you need to load the kernel first"

2009-11-30 Thread Michael Wagner
* Johannes Graumann 30.11.2009 > A recent update of both my home machines running sid pulled in an update of > grub2. Now both machines are stuck with the grub menu showing up fine, but > no matter which kernel I choose, I always end up with this error: > > "error: you need to load the kernel

Unstable, LVM and Grub2: "error: you need to load the kernel first"

2009-11-29 Thread Johannes Graumann
Hello, A recent update of both my home machines running sid pulled in an update of grub2. Now both machines are stuck with the grub menu showing up fine, but no matter which kernel I choose, I always end up with this error: "error: you need to load the kernel first" Does anyone here have an id