Patrick Nelson wrote: > FC4 yum updated > > I have a system that has /boot as its own partition (/dev/sda1). The > rest of the fs is in a lvm volume group. > > the /dev/sda1 is having some problems which were shown by > > - boot off of rescue cd, mount FC4 instance and chroot to it, then re > login as root > - umount /boot > - fsck -c /dev/sda1 > > and I want to move /boot back onto the "/" fs in the volume group, which > I have done by: > > - boot off of rescue cd, mount FC4 instance and chroot to it, then re > login as root > - removed the /boot reference in fstab > - copied /grub dir from old /boot to the new dir > - because the kernel files were corrupted I added the kernels (I usually > keep 2 -> current and 1 version back) back with: > -- rpm -ivh --force --noscript kernel-2.6.17-1.2139-FC4.i686.rpm > -- rpm -ivh --force --noscript kernel-2.6.17-1.2141-FC4.i686.rpm > > This appears to have put the files back into the new /boot location. So > my question is what is the next step to tell the system that it needs to > use the new /boot directory? > > Or any other comments? > Does Grub know how to handle LVM volume groups? I thought part of the reason for having a separate /boot partition was for Grub access, but I could be wrong. In any case, you will have to re-install Grub to the MBR. Depending on the changes you have made, you may have to update the device map as well. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
