Comment 3 for bug 1775712

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Removed by request (removed6455906) wrote : Re: [Bug 1775712] Re: error: file '/boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found.

root@pizone:~# apt install syslinux
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
syslinux is already the newest version (3:6.03+dfsg-14.1+deb9u1).
syslinux set to manually installed.

I believe that answers the assumption that I've ignored an error message...

Maybe this time we can not jump to conclusions about users ignoring error
messages... That was very asshat-ish of you.

In any event, I appreciate the response

Thanks

On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 at 19:05, MyS5 Droid <email address hidden> wrote:

> No, I would not have ignored that message if it was displayed to me... It
> was not displayed to me...
>
> I received _no_ errors other than that error message on booting the system
>
> It needs to be installed on the PC I use unetbootin correct? I can't see
> how I'd install it to a not working system.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 at 18:10, Geza Kovacs <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> is this unetbootin for windows, macos, or the linux version? it doesn't
>> even use grub, syslinux is the bootloader. did you perhaps use the linux
>> version and ignored the "please install syslinux" warning?
>>
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>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1775712
>>
>> Title:
>> error: file '/boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found.
>>
>> Status in UNetbootin:
>> New
>>
>> Bug description:
>> Upon a format of my USB and running unetbootin (for Debian, Ubuntu,
>> Linux Mint) and it creates boot disk "successfully"
>>
>> When I boot it in my netbook it says "error: file
>> '/boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found." and enters grub rescue.
>>
>> I've tried many distro's, with live and without, none of them will
>> boot grub and then any version of linux.
>>
>> Please fix, if I can't use it, likely others can't as well!
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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