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damoncf
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 Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject: grub missing files [solved] |
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I am attempting to compile another kernel and install it but cannot find my menu.lst file or any other file in the /boot directory that has to do with grub.
For the record here is the current output of my /boot directory
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Damon boot # ls -la
total 8352
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 17:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Jan 25 11:34 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Feb 8 17:19 System.map -> System.map-2.6.23-gentoo-r6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1332708 Feb 8 17:19 System.map-2.6.23-gentoo-r6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1332708 Feb 8 17:15 System.map-2.6.23-gentoo-r6.old
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Feb 8 17:19 System.map.old -> System.map-2.6.23-gentoo-r6.old
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Feb 1 16:43 boot -> .
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Feb 8 17:19 config -> config-2.6.23-gentoo-r6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37134 Feb 8 17:19 config-2.6.23-gentoo-r6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37134 Feb 8 17:15 config-2.6.23-gentoo-r6.old
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Feb 8 17:19 config.old -> config-2.6.23-gentoo-r6.old
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Feb 8 17:19 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.23-gentoo-r6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2885624 Feb 8 17:19 vmlinuz-2.6.23-gentoo-r6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2885624 Feb 8 17:15 vmlinuz-2.6.23-gentoo-r6.old
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Feb 8 17:19 vmlinuz.old -> vmlinuz-2.6.23-gentoo-r6.old
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I was able to use make install and it found grub no problems. I guess what I want to know is will I be safe to reboot even though i cannot find those files?
Damon
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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I have to ask: are you sure /boot is currently mounted?
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damoncf
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Still mounted :
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Damon / # mount /boot
mount: /dev/hda1 already mounted or /boot busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/hda1 is already mounted on /boot
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| Can you post the result of the command mount as a root user. |
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Sadako
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Also, what's in the /boot directory when the /boot partition is not mounted?
Is it possible /boot wasn't mounted when grub was installed?
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damoncf
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I still dont know what exactly happend but I was forced to reboot and it rebooted fine. Although I am still unable to find those files.
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damoncf
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I just mounted it and did a ls -la and the grub folder was there.
Thanx
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| Hopeless wrote: | Also, what's in the /boot directory when the /boot partition is not mounted?
Is it possible /boot wasn't mounted when grub was installed? |
I am chasing down some errors that became noticeable since the attempt to upgrade the kernel.
I have discovered that this is exactly what happened. That when /boot is "not mounted" (separate partition hdb1) there is the /boot/grub/grub.conf and the previous kernel in the non-mounted, yet still there directory.
I renamed the "unmounted" /boot to /boot1 and now get an Error 15.
Any suggestions on what to do going forward?
Should it work if I chroot in and run grub again, root & setup from the properly mounted /boot directory? |
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| Yeah, it should work fine then. |
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