Where is grub coming from ?

Fixit7 · 01-10-2016, 10:52 PM

I am trying to install Win 98 on another computer.

It is formated to FAT32.

When I boot from either a Win 98 Installation on flashdrive or CD, I get a grub message that says,

Grub loading

Welcome to grub

error: file /boot/grub/i386-pc /normal.mod not found.
Entering rescue mode.

How is grub showing up at all ?

I should be able to get one of these booting into the Win 98 install disk.

Anyone know what is going on ?

Keruskerfuerst · 01-11-2016, 01:35 AM

What OS are installed?

pan64 · 01-11-2016, 02:04 AM

that means you are trying to boot from a disk where grub was installed earlier but now it is destroyed (only the boot sector is intact).
You need to configure BIOS to boot from flash and/or CD instead of that HDD.

Fixit7 · 01-11-2016, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keruskerfuerst

What OS are installed?

No O.S. is installed.

Fixit7 · 01-11-2016, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

that means you are trying to boot from a disk where grub was installed earlier but now it is destroyed (only the boot sector is intact).
You need to configure BIOS to boot from flash and/or CD instead of that HDD.

On H.P.s, you hit Esc to boot from CD or flash drive.

I wonder if Gparted fat32 formats are different than Windows ?

pan64 · 01-11-2016, 07:40 AM

that is not a filesystem (like fat32 or similar) but the very first sector of the disk, named boot sector. Boot sector is used to start a boot loader which will find an OS to boot. Both Windows and Linux will install boot loader (that is the GRUB or LILO - for linux). Formatting partitions/filesystems will not modify this boot sector.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootin...uters_.28PC.29
(windows installs boot loader automatically, will overwrite anything found, linux asks if user wanted to do that)

Fixit7 · 01-11-2016, 11:08 PM

Thanks for the explanation.

I gave up because Win 98 is about 18 yrs. old while my computer is about 10 years old.

Win 98 can not have drivers for 8 years in the future. :-)

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