> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ross S. W. Walker
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 3:40 PM
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: RE: HELP, I accidentally initialized my
> /boot partition
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alfred von Campe
> > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 3:24 PM
> > To: CentOS mailing list
> > Subject: HELP, I accidentally initialized my /boot
> partition
> >
> > So I installed a second drive in my system today, and instead of
> > typing "mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1" I did a "mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda1".
> > Fortunately, that was just my /boot partition. I thought I could
> > just copy the contents from the /boot partition from
> another system,
> > but that didn't work as expected. The again, I don't have another
> > system that's identical to the mine.
> >
> > What is the best way to re-create the /boot partition for my system?
>
> Just re-install the current kernel and grub with an rpm -Uvh --force.
>
> initrd images are auto-generated and grub should probe your
> disk layout
> and put some best-guess entries in there.
>
> Just edit menu.lst and fix the entries.
Actually, just re-install grub first and when you re-install the kernel
it will automatically add a grub entry for that kernel!
-Ross
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