On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Todd Cary <todd at aristesoftware.com> wrote: > I started a new thread since the original one is getting rather long. > > I have retrieved the files I deleted in /boot and /boot/grub, > however I need to make links for > > /boot/System.map (System.map -> System.map-2.6.9-89.35.1) > /boot/vmlinuz (vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.35.1) > /boot/grub/menu.lst (menu.lst -> ./grub.conf) Instead, re-install your kernel. "yum reinstall kernel". This should regenerate your symlinks correctly, except possibly the grub.conf. > If it was not so important to get it correct, I would appreciate > the syntax for the command. Usually I would figure it out. > > Since I have restored the files (I will double check to make sure > they are all there), do I need to run grub-install? i think yes. The old location of the boot loader is listed in /boot/grub/grub.conf, and should be used as the argument to that command. grub is much smarter than LILO used to be, but I think the bootstrap procedure relies on knowing details of where the fiddly bits of grub live on the relevant ex2 compatible filesytem. > My apologies for bothering everyone with such a dumb error on my > part. > > Todd > > -- > Ariste Software > Petaluma, CA 94952 > > http://www.aristesoftware.com > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >