From: BitTwister@mouse-potato.com   
      
   On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:00:06 +0000, Grimble wrote:   
      
   > Welcome to GRUB!   
   > error file /grub2/i386-pc/normal.mod not found   
   > grub-rescue.....   
   >   
   > Grub2 is not installed on this machine.   
      
   Off hand it looks like it.   
      
      
   > Do I now recreate initrd-2.6.39.4-5.1-desktop.img?   
      
   I would first see if I could not get grub legacy booting, your   
   kernel/initrd 2.6.39 might work.   
      
   > Why should grub2 be invoked?   
      
   You installed some other distribution/release and it put grub2 in the MBR.   
   You invoked an upgrade of Mandriva and it put it there.   
   You asked your rescue cd to redo the MBR and it is using grub2. :(   
   I don't know.   
      
   Anyway, you are at the root prompt of the rescue cd and you do the following:   
      
   mkdir /old   
   blkid | sort -V   
   mount -t auto /dev/XdYZ /old         # you have to solve for X, Y, Z   
   chroot /old   
   grub-install /dev/sda   
      
   If grub legacy is still on the drive, that will replace grub2 in the MBR.   
      
      
   But, back to your question.   
   If you have to rebuild initrd, you mkdir, mount, chroot again and try   
      cd /boot   
      ls -al   
      mkinitrd -f /boot/initrd-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)   
      ls -al   
      if not the desired images,   
      mkinitrd -f /boot/initrd-2.6.39.4-5.1-desktop-XXX.img 2.6.39.   
   -5.1-desktop-XXX   
   You have to solve for XXX.   
      
   Take all the above with a grain of salt. I moved on to Mageia in 05-NOV-2011   
      
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