> Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 18:32:07 +0100 > From: niya levi <niyalevi@xxxxxxxxx> > To: arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: how to restore root and boot directory > Message-ID: <198a7e51-313b-6e03-ada4-b0727c6afe86@xxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi everyone > while reinstalling arch on raspberry pi memory stick i had the two > partitions mounted on mount points called root and boot in my home dir > on my laptop, > i intended to delete everything in root and boot in my home directory > but lost my mind and rm -rf /boot/* and /root/* instead, > is there a easy way to restore files to boot and do i just fix the root > user directory with useradd ? > shadrock > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 19:46:03 +0200 > From: Damjan Georgievski <gdamjan@xxxxxxxxx> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: how to restore root and boot directory > Message-ID: > <CAEk1YH7_MGxD-eWR0dm+xo=nT9DU4jT4Ng0tKnwd_mxdsyHi7w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > /root really shouldn't have anything of importance, unless you left it > there - in which case, you can't recover it > > /boot has the kernel, the initramfs - which can be recreated if you > reinstall the "linux" package > > and probably some bootloader files that you can also reinstall > depending on the boot loader: > - grub-install > - extlinux > - bootctl > > -- damjan ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 23 Sep > 2016 14:46:46 -0300 From: Fernando <fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: niya levi <niyalevi@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: how to > restore root and boot directory Message-ID: > <1474652806.1050.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; > charset=utf-8; format=flowed El vie, 23 de sep 2016 a las 2:32 , niya > levi via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribi?: > Hi! First you have to reinstall filesystem package. > > To list the packages that contains files in /boot use. You have to > reinstall those packages. > > pacman -Ql | grep " /boot/" > > and then configure your bootloader. > > Fernando Fernandez > Software Peronista >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 22:55:53 +0200 > From: J?r?me M. Berger <jeberger@xxxxxxx> > To: arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: how to restore root and boot directory > Message-ID: <ns44sr$tu5$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On 09/23/2016 07:46 PM, Fernando wrote: >> To list the packages that contains files in /boot use. You have to >> reinstall those packages. >> >> pacman -Ql | grep " /boot/" >> > Or pacman -Qo /boot, which gives me: > > /boot/ is owned by filesystem 2015.09-1 > /boot/ is owned by intel-ucode 20160714-1 > /boot/ is owned by linux 4.7.4-1 > /boot/ is owned by linux-lts 4.4.21-1 > /boot/ is owned by syslinux 6.03-6 > > So you need to reinstall at least "filesystem" and "linux" plus > whatever booloader you're using. Reinstalling "linux" should run > mkinitcpio automatically but your bootloader will need to be reconfigured. > > Jerome > -- mailto:jeberger@xxxxxxx http://jeberger.free.fr Jabber: > jeberger@xxxxxxxxx -------------- next part -------------- A non-text > attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: > application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital > signature URL: > <https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-general/attachments/20160923/ed101016/attachment-0001.asc> > ------------------------------ hi everyone thanks for all the replies i did pacman -Ql | grep " /boot/" which gave me the following grub /boot/ grub /boot/grub/ grub /boot/grub/grub.cfg linux /boot/ linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux so i installed grub and linux then ran grub-install /dev/sda grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg i haven't rebooted yet as i have to backup some stuff and i'm in the middle of a project i need to complete. will report back when i reboot the laptop, again thanks for all the advice. shadrock
