Unfortunately, I live out with the cows, so I am using DSL to download the latest - it will take awhile. It has been awhile since I downloaded the four disks, however I assume disk 1 contains all that I need to do a "rescue". Once I get that down, I will use torrent to get all four disks. Hey, guys, many thanks. Any of you live in the SF Bay Area? Love to treat you to a beer. Todd On 3/9/2011 1:03 PM, Simon Matter wrote: >> And here are the contents of grub.conf: >> >> # grub.conf generated by anaconda >> # >> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to >> this file >> # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that >> # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. >> # root (hd0,0) >> # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 >> # initrd /initrd-version.img >> #boot=/dev/hdc >> default=0 >> timeout=5 >> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz >> hiddenmenu >> title CentOS (2.6.9-100.EL) >> root (hd0,0) >> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-100.EL ro >> root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet >> initrd /initrd-2.6.9-100.EL.img > OK, the file listing of /boot from your last mail and now grub.conf, they > look quite good. grub.conf has been updated by the kernel update, and also > a new initrd-2.6.9-100.EL.img has been created, so that doesn't look bad. > > The only thing I'm not really sure is if grub is installed correctly now. > Maybe you have to run grub-install again to be sure but I'm just not so > sure about grubs internals. Maybe someone can tell you more about this. > > As someone else mentioned, it's a very good idea to have a current CentOS > 4.8 disk at hand so you could boot into rescue mode with 'linux rescue' at > the boot prompt if somethings goes wrong. > > Simon > >> Todd >> >> On 3/9/2011 12:23 AM, Simon Matter wrote: >>>> I inadvertently missed using the list...here are my recent messages. >>> As Nico suggested, download the kernel but also grub and redhat-logos, >>> like so >>> wget >>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4.9/updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.6.9-100.EL.i686.rpm >>> wget >>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4.9/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/redhat-logos-1.1.26-1.centos4.4.noarch.rpm >>> wget >>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4.9/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/grub-0.95-3.8.i386.rpm >>> >>> Then do a >>> >>> rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs --replacefiles kernel-2.6.9-100.EL.i686.rpm >>> redhat-logos-1.1.26-1.centos4.4.noarch.rpm grub-0.95-3.8.i386.rpm >>> >>> And the show us the contents of 'ls -laR /boot' and 'cat /etc/grub.conf' >>> >>> Simon >>> >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > > -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com