[SOLVED] GRUB2 missing files/symbols

lswest · 2012-05-31 08:40:21

I've looked all over the place so far, and followed the instructions that seemed to fix it for most people (grub-install --directory=/usr/lib/grub/i386-pc --target=i386-pc --boot-directory=/boot --recheck --debug /dev/sda, and then running mkinitcpio -p linux and grub-mkconfig).

However, I still get the error that GRUB can't find the file /boot/grub/normal.mod (which is obvious, since it's now in /boot/grub/i386-pc/). However, I have also tried shifting the contents of i386-pc into /boot/grub to see if I could at least boot into my system, but it then spits out "error: symbol not found: 'grub_disk_dev_list'"). It seems to me that the issue lies with grub looking in the wrong spot for the mod files, although I have no idea what the missing symbol error is about (I haven't been able to find any information on this particular error).

I'd appreciate any insight anyone can give me.

This was caused by my hard disk order. Linux recognizes my main drive as /dev/sda, but apparently for grub (and grub-install) it needs to be /dev/sdb. The errors were caused by it being an old version of grub on the MBR.

Last edited by lswest (2012-05-31 09:25:17)

the.ridikulus.rat · 2012-05-31 09:43:04

Something has gone wrong in grub-install command. grub-install populates both /boot/grub/i386-pc/ directory and updates the boot code in core.img and in MBR.

lswest · 2012-05-31 09:44:04

Hey, thanks for the reply. It seems grub-install worked just fine - I just installed it to the wrong disk because of the weird flip-flop of device names. Got it all working now.

Arch Linux

#1 2012-05-31 08:40:21

[SOLVED] GRUB2 missing files/symbols

#2 2012-05-31 09:43:04

Re: [SOLVED] GRUB2 missing files/symbols

#3 2012-05-31 09:44:04

Re: [SOLVED] GRUB2 missing files/symbols

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