[CentOS] Creating the symbolic links in the /boot and /boot/grub/

[Simon Matter]

> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>> Petaluma, CA 94952
>>>>>
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>>
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