[CentOS] Creating the symbolic links in the /boot and /boot/grub/
Todd Cary
todd at aristesoftware.com
Wed Mar 9 18:35:53 UTC 2011
Simon -
I performed the tasks as outlined and here are the contents of /boot:
/boot/:
total 25121
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 9216 Mar 9 10:31 .
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
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 9 10:31 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 444812 May 5 2007 grub-0.95-3.8.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1343054 Mar 9 10:29
initrd-2.6.9-100.EL.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13409764 Feb 18 06:25
kernel-2.6.9-100.EL.i686.rpm
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Jan 12 2007 lost+found
-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 7919724 Aug 13 2006
redhat-logos-1.1.26-1.centos4.4.noarch.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67797 Feb 17 22:41
symvers-2.6.9-100.EL.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 770652 Feb 17 22:41
System.map-2.6.9-100.EL
drwx------ 2 root root 9216 Mar 9 10:03 .Trash-root
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1538264 Feb 17 22:41 vmlinuz-2.6.9-100.EL
/boot/grub:
total 345
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Mar 9 10:31 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 9216 Mar 9 10:31 ..
-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------- 1 root root 599 Mar 9 10:31 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------- 1 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 3605 Aug 12 2006 splash.xpm.gz
-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 9 10:31 ..
/boot/.Trash-root:
total 19
drwx------ 2 root root 9216 Mar 9 10:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 9216 Mar 9 10:31 ..
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
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Petaluma, CA 94952
>>>>>>
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