I inadvertently missed using the list...here are my recent messages. On 3/8/2011 8:39 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Todd Cary<todd at aristesoftware.com> wrote: >> reinstall is not an option for yum. I ran "yum install kernel" and it >> completed without errors however there are no links created. > Oh, dear. Can you grab the RPM and do "rpm -U -replacepkgs > [kernel-whatver].rpm"? You should be able to use "yum remove" on the > old kernel packages, consistent with freeing up the space, and now > install your new kernel with yum. > >> Would this be the correct ln command for vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.35.1 >> >> # /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.35.1 /boot/vmlinuz >> >> Todd >> >> On 3/8/2011 7:04 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >>> 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 >>>> >> -- >> Ariste Software >> Petaluma, CA 94952 >> >> http://www.aristesoftware.com >> >> > -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com