> 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". Yes that's correct, you need to download only disk 1. > > 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. Thanks, but it may be a bit difficult. Just let us know if you have been able to boot successfully. Simon > > 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 >