GRUB error: 'i386pc normal.mod' not found [was: Help]

[Bob Jonkman]

Ubuntu Hour Kitchener is at Egg Roll King on Friday, 5 July 2013
starting at 6:00pm, ending whenever we're done...

If you bring a writable DVD or a USB stick (1 GByte or larger) to Ubuntu
Hour I can burn you whatever I have on my computer:

129M clonezilla-live-20121126-quantal.iso
 97M cm-7-20130301-NIGHTLY-p999.zip
141M cm-9-1.9.9-JB-p999-2.zip
 11M dban-2.2.6_i586.iso
4.3G Fedora-18-x86_64-DVD.iso
969M linuxmint-14.1-mate-dvd-64bit.iso
1.2G linuxmint-201303-mate-dvd-64bit.iso
3.5G Mageia-2-x86_64-DVD.iso
184K mt86plus
350M systemrescuecd-x86-3.1.1.iso

./Debian:
649M debian-7.0.0-amd64-CD-1.iso
649M debian-7.0.0-amd64-lxde-CD-1.iso
222M debian-7.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso
649M debian-7.0.0-i386-CD-1.iso
1.2G debian-live-7.0.0-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso
855M debian-live-7.0.0-amd64-lxde-desktop.iso
679M debian-live-7.0.0-amd64-rescue.iso

./Ubuntu ISOs:
696M ubuntu-12.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso
694M ubuntu-12.04.2-desktop-i386.iso
657M ubuntu-12.04.2-server-amd64.iso
786M ubuntu-13.04-desktop-amd64.iso
795M ubuntu-13.04-desktop-i386.iso
943M ubuntu-gnome-13.04-desktop-amd64.iso


If your USB stick is large enough, I can try to create a multi-boot USB
stick, or clone mine.  If there's interest, I can demonstrate the
multi-boot USB stick, and the GRUB "loopback" command that makes it work.

--Bob.


On 13-07-02 04:02 PM, David M. Pelly wrote:
> Oh boy.
> 
> My computer  is not exactly portable.
> 
> It is an HP 8600.
> 
> I don't  have a 13.04 disk.
> 
> I have a mint disk somewhere.  I will try that.
> 
> Where is Ubuntu hour going to be?
> 
> David
> 
> Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 15:09:21 -0400 Subject: Re: GRUB error: 'i386pc
> normal.mod' not found [was: Help] From: verdi at azend.org To:
> ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> 
> Timmy is stuck in the well again? That's the fifth time this week!
> Someone needs to teach that boy a lesson. Verdi 
>
> On Jul 2, 2013 2:54PM, "Bob Jonkman" <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi David: Looks like the GRUB installation failed.
> 
> 
> 
> You can boot from a 13.04 disk or USB stick, start a terminal, and
> 
> install GRUB manually. But if you're unfamiliar with the command
> line
> might be easier to re-install 13.04 from scratch, which should
> recognize
> your Windows partition.
> 
> 
> 
> Or, if this is on a portable computer, bring it to Ubuntu Hour
> Kitchener
> on Friday, and we do some collaborative troubleshooting.
> 
> 
> 
> By the way, it's useful to the folks on the list if you describe the
> problem in the subject line of the message. "Help" might mean that
> Timmy's stuck in the well again, and nobody wants to deal with that.
> 
> 
> 
> --Bob.
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> On 13-07-02 11:21 AM, David M. Pelly wrote:
> 
>> I was upgrading to Ubuntu Roaring Ringtail and it looks like
>> Roaring
> 
>> got his tail caught in some cranny in my computer, and now it is
> 
>> stuck.
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>> 
> 
>> As it was going through the up grading process it asked me a few
> 
>> questions, (which I did not understand what they meant) and after
> 
>> about two hours, something happened and all I get is the following
>> on
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>> a black screen:
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>> (Something to this effect anyways, may not be exact)
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>> error file  '/boot/grub  / i386pc normal.mod' not found
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>> grub rescue _ _ _
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>> My computer is now stuck or froze on this screen.
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>> It won't do anything.
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>> I can't even go to my windows OS.
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>> What do I do to fix it?
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>> David
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