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

[Ldten K <ldtenk@yahoo.com>]

On Mon, 8/24/15, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> 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-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
grub rescue>  insmod (hd0,msdos1)/grub/normal.mod
    file '/grub/i386-pc/gfxterm.mod not found    // writing from memory, I think it was gfxterm.mod
grub rescue>  insmod (hd0,msdos1)/grub/gfxterm.mod
    file '/grub/i386-pc/video.mod not found

// It would be more usual for the prefix to be (hd0,msdos1)/boot/grub on a
// Debian machine with a standard installation.

(hd0,msdos1) is my boot partion, not /. The HD is partitioned as follows:
/dev/sda1	/boot partition
/dev/sda2	/     partition
/dev/sda3	swap  partition

Thanks