OK, here is what I have after manually moving files into /boot/ and /boot/grub/, leaving behind old kernel files. Of course, no links. /boot/: total 9169 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 9216 Mar 8 20:24 . drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Jan 24 08:34 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51676 Feb 17 22:41 config-2.6.9-100.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51645 Mar 8 17:38 config-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51270 Mar 8 17:38 config-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 8 20:38 grub -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1343048 Mar 8 20:24 initrd-2.6.9-100.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 692224 Mar 8 17:51 initrd-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 8 17:51 initrd-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp.img drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Jan 12 2007 lost+found -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9371 Mar 8 17:46 message -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9371 Mar 8 17:46 message.ja -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67797 Feb 17 22:41 symvers-2.6.9-100.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67701 Mar 8 17:49 symvers-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68477 Mar 8 17:49 symvers-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 770652 Feb 17 22:41 System.map-2.6.9-100.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 769061 Mar 8 17:48 System.map-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 786055 Mar 8 17:48 System.map-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp drwx------ 2 root root 9216 Mar 8 17:58 .Trash-root -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1538264 Feb 17 22:41 vmlinuz-2.6.9-100.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536995 Mar 8 17:47 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472967 Mar 8 17:47 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp /boot/grub: total 345 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 8 20:38 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 9216 Mar 8 20:24 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 82 Mar 8 17:39 device.map -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7956 Mar 8 17:40 e2fs_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7684 Mar 8 17:40 fat_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6996 Mar 8 17:40 ffs_stage1_5 -rw------- 2 root root 4240 Mar 8 20:24 grub.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7028 Mar 8 17:40 iso9660_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8448 Mar 8 17:40 jfs_stage1_5 -rw------- 2 root root 4240 Mar 8 20:24 menu.lst -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7188 Mar 8 17:40 minix_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9396 Mar 8 17:40 reiserfs_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Mar 8 17:45 stage1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103688 Mar 8 17:45 stage2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67701 Mar 8 18:30 symvers-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68477 Mar 8 18:30 symvers-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7272 Mar 8 17:40 ufs2_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6612 Mar 8 17:40 vstafs_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9308 Mar 8 17:40 xfs_stage1_5 /boot/lost+found: total 22 drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Jan 12 2007 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 9216 Mar 8 20:24 .. /boot/.Trash-root: total 81058 drwx------ 2 root root 9216 Mar 8 17:58 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 9216 Mar 8 20:24 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51502 Jan 14 2009 config-2.6.9-78.0.13.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51127 Jan 14 2009 config-2.6.9-78.0.13.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Sep 15 2009 config-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51239 Sep 15 2009 config-2.6.9-89.0.11.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Nov 3 2009 config-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51239 Nov 3 2009 config-2.6.9-89.0.16.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Dec 15 2009 config-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51239 Dec 15 2009 config-2.6.9-89.0.18.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Jan 8 2010 config-2.6.9-89.0.19.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51239 Jan 8 2010 config-2.6.9-89.0.19.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51614 Feb 2 2010 config-2.6.9-89.0.20.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51239 Feb 2 2010 config-2.6.9-89.0.20.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51645 May 6 2010 config-2.6.9-89.0.25.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51270 May 6 2010 config-2.6.9-89.0.25.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51645 Aug 20 2010 config-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51270 Aug 20 2010 config-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51645 Oct 19 14:27 config-2.6.9-89.31.1.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51270 Oct 19 15:17 config-2.6.9-89.31.1.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51645 Dec 2 07:23 config-2.6.9-89.33.1.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51270 Dec 2 07:41 config-2.6.9-89.33.1.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51645 Jan 18 15:06 config-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51270 Jan 18 15:36 config-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 82 Jan 13 2007 device.map -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7956 Jan 13 2007 e2fs_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7684 Jan 13 2007 fat_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6996 Jan 13 2007 ffs_stage1_5 -rw------- 1 root root 4091 Jan 28 07:21 grub.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1333301 Mar 14 2009 initrd-2.6.9-78.0.13.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1319564 Mar 14 2009 initrd-2.6.9-78.0.13.ELsmp.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1342750 Sep 22 2009 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327296 Sep 22 2009 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.11.ELsmp.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1342746 Nov 26 2009 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327291 Nov 26 2009 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.16.ELsmp.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1342761 Dec 24 2009 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327310 Dec 24 2009 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.18.ELsmp.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1342742 Jan 26 2010 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.19.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327294 Jan 26 2010 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.19.ELsmp.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1342764 Feb 4 2010 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.20.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327296 Feb 4 2010 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.20.ELsmp.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1343054 Jun 11 2010 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.25.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327615 Jun 11 2010 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.25.ELsmp.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1343135 Aug 26 2010 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327568 Aug 26 2010 initrd-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1343143 Nov 12 07:39 initrd-2.6.9-89.31.1.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1327711 Nov 12 07:39 initrd-2.6.9-89.31.1.ELsmp.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1343556 Jan 13 09:18 initrd-2.6.9-89.33.1.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1328928 Jan 13 09:17 initrd-2.6.9-89.33.1.ELsmp.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1343561 Jan 28 07:21 initrd-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1328788 Jan 28 07:21 initrd-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7028 Jan 13 2007 iso9660_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8448 Jan 13 2007 jfs_stage1_5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jan 13 2007 menu.lst -> ./grub.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9371 Aug 12 2006 message -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9371 Aug 12 2006 message.ja -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7188 Jan 13 2007 minix_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9396 Jan 13 2007 reiserfs_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3605 Aug 12 2006 splash.xpm.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jan 13 2007 stage1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103688 Jan 13 2007 stage2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66235 Jan 14 2009 symvers-2.6.9-78.0.13.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67032 Jan 14 2009 symvers-2.6.9-78.0.13.ELsmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Sep 15 2009 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68382 Sep 15 2009 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.11.ELsmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Nov 3 2009 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68382 Nov 3 2009 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.16.ELsmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Dec 15 2009 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68382 Dec 15 2009 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.18.ELsmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Jan 8 2010 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.19.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68382 Jan 8 2010 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.19.ELsmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67596 Feb 2 2010 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.20.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68382 Feb 2 2010 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.20.ELsmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67650 May 6 2010 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.25.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68434 May 6 2010 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.25.ELsmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67650 Aug 20 2010 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68434 Aug 20 2010 symvers-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67667 Oct 19 14:30 symvers-2.6.9-89.31.1.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68453 Oct 19 15:17 symvers-2.6.9-89.31.1.ELsmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67701 Dec 2 07:24 symvers-2.6.9-89.33.1.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68477 Dec 2 07:42 symvers-2.6.9-89.33.1.ELsmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67701 Jan 18 15:07 symvers-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68477 Jan 18 15:36 symvers-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 780162 Jan 14 2009 System.map-2.6.9-78.0.13.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 797154 Jan 14 2009 System.map-2.6.9-78.0.13.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768606 Sep 15 2009 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 785600 Sep 15 2009 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.11.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768660 Nov 3 2009 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 785654 Nov 3 2009 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.16.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768688 Dec 15 2009 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 785682 Dec 15 2009 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.18.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768688 Jan 8 2010 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.19.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 785682 Jan 8 2010 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.19.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768688 Feb 2 2010 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.20.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 785682 Feb 2 2010 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.20.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768853 May 6 2010 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.25.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 785847 May 6 2010 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.25.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768881 Aug 20 2010 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 785875 Aug 20 2010 System.map-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 769059 Oct 19 14:27 System.map-2.6.9-89.31.1.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 786053 Oct 19 15:17 System.map-2.6.9-89.31.1.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 769059 Dec 2 07:23 System.map-2.6.9-89.33.1.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 786053 Dec 2 07:41 System.map-2.6.9-89.33.1.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 769061 Jan 18 15:06 System.map-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 786055 Jan 18 15:36 System.map-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7272 Jan 13 2007 ufs2_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1545561 Jan 14 2009 vmlinuz-2.6.9-78.0.13.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1483646 Jan 14 2009 vmlinuz-2.6.9-78.0.13.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1533468 Sep 15 2009 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.11.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472648 Sep 15 2009 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.11.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536244 Nov 3 2009 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.16.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472608 Nov 3 2009 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.16.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536254 Dec 15 2009 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.18.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472585 Dec 15 2009 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.18.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536247 Jan 8 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.19.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472612 Jan 8 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.19.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536258 Feb 2 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.20.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472655 Feb 2 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.20.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536380 May 6 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.25.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472613 May 6 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.25.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536716 Aug 20 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.28.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472739 Aug 20 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.0.28.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536908 Oct 19 14:27 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.31.1.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472798 Oct 19 15:17 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.31.1.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536830 Dec 2 07:23 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.33.1.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472713 Dec 2 07:41 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.33.1.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536995 Jan 18 15:06 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1472967 Jan 18 15:36 vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6612 Jan 13 2007 vstafs_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9308 Jan 13 2007 xfs_stage1_5 On 3/9/2011 12:12 AM, Simon Matter wrote: >> Yes...thank you for the suggestion...since that was the cause of >> my problem in the first place!! I should have known better; all >> I had to do was remove some of the outdated kernel files. And >> when I did the dumb thing of deleting the /boot files, they were >> moved into the "protected" .Trash-boot directory. > OK, now let us know exactly what you have. Is it CentOS 4 as I expected? > If so, the listing of files in /boot should look like so: > > [root at abc ~]# ls -laR /boot/ > /boot/: > total 3771 > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Mar 3 11:31 . > drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Mar 3 11:37 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51676 Feb 18 07:41 config-2.6.9-100.EL > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 3 11:31 grub > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1364958 Mar 3 11:20 initrd-2.6.9-100.EL.img > drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Jul 8 2005 lost+found > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9371 Aug 13 2006 message > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9371 Aug 13 2006 message.ja > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67797 Feb 18 07:41 symvers-2.6.9-100.EL.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 770652 Feb 18 07:41 System.map-2.6.9-100.EL > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1538264 Feb 18 07:41 vmlinuz-2.6.9-100.EL > > /boot/grub: > total 198 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 3 11:31 . > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Mar 3 11:31 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 82 Aug 9 2005 device.map > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7956 Aug 9 2005 e2fs_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7684 Aug 9 2005 fat_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6996 Aug 9 2005 ffs_stage1_5 > -rw------- 1 root root 589 Mar 3 11:31 grub.conf > -rw------- 1 root root 593 Aug 9 2005 grub.conf.orig > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7028 Aug 9 2005 iso9660_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8448 Aug 9 2005 jfs_stage1_5 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Aug 9 2005 menu.lst -> ./grub.conf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7188 Aug 9 2005 minix_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9396 Aug 9 2005 reiserfs_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3605 Aug 13 2006 splash.xpm.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Aug 9 2005 stage1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103816 Aug 9 2005 stage2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7272 Aug 9 2005 ufs2_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6612 Aug 9 2005 vstafs_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9308 Aug 9 2005 xfs_stage1_5 > > /boot/lost+found: > total 14 > drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Jul 8 2005 . > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Mar 3 11:31 .. > > 1) I don't know which tool you have used to move things to "Trash" but you > should be aware that it may well be the case that some permissions and or > file types like symlinks may not be correct after recovering from "Trash". > > 2) The directory "lost+found" can be recreated using the command > 'mklost+found' > > 3) I'm not sure on how to make grub work again, but maybe some steps qre > required after copying everything back to /boot. I hope someone else can > give you better info about this. > > Simon > > >> >> Todd >> >> On 3/8/2011 5:51 PM, compdoc wrote: >>> Besides recovering the files, you'll need to delete some of them to free >>> up >>> space. >>> >>> Here's an idea of how to go about it: >>> >>> http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19788 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >>> >> -- >> Ariste Software >> Petaluma, CA 94952 >> >> http://www.aristesoftware.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com