> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.aristesoftware.com
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>>>>>>>
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>>
>>
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