Re: install problem - SOLVED

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On 4/9/2015 6:12 PM, Chuck Campbell wrote:
> On 4/9/2015 4:57 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
>> On 4/9/2015 2:44 PM, Chuck Campbell wrote:
>>> I don't think this made it to the list yesterday. At least I never 
>>> saw it show up.
>> it showed up here.    dunno what to suggest.
>>
>> maybe install 5.11 on a VM somewhere with the same package set and 
>> architecture (on the blown system, /var/log/rpmpkgs, then copy 
>> everything in /bin ?   boot the target system with a rescue OS, mount 
>> your OS root as /mnt or something, and copy that backup to /mnt/bin ?
>>
>>
>> this won't be perfect unless you know exactly what RPMs were installed 
>> on the blown system, but its probably better than nothing.
>>
>> I dunno.  I think I'd install a new box with 6 or 7, and migrate over 
>> whatever app stuff you need.
>>
>>
> I'll try running the install again. I did this exact same thing a year 
> ago, and all worked fine. The only difference was that I didn't 
> partition the disk this time, and I preserved one partition's data. I'll 
> back it up and just go the whole route with a format and partition in 
> the installer and see if it works.
>
> It is strange that it finds the /boot partition to get the gtub.conf, 
> but can't see the initrd and vmlinuz files there...
>
> -chuck
>

The machine was seeing the disks in a different order when running the DVD
install, than when it tried to boot itself.

-chuck

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