Mike Markowski wrote: >Well, when I do it, I do it right. Through a bad combination of typos >and missing an <enter> I deleted everything in /boot. :-( > >This is what I did to (try to) recover: > > # cd /boot > # mklost+found > # emerge grub > [...edited grub.conf...] > [...recompiled kernel & modules and installed...] > >I *thought* that's all I'd need, but upon boot up: > > Warning:unable to open an initial console > Kernel panic- not syncing: no init found. Try passing init= option to kernel > >I compiled the kernel myself, not with genkernel. I'm stumped at the >moment & would be glad to try any ideas anyone might have. > >Many thanks! >Mike > >
This !may! help: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # ls -al /boot/ > total 4349 > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 272 Jun 19 20:23 . > drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 520 Jun 13 00:06 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 9 2005 .keep > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Dec 8 2005 boot -> . > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2225130 Dec 27 04:50 bzImage-gen-2.6.14-5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2177580 May 16 08:08 bzImage-gen-2.6.16-2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37565 May 16 08:13 config-gen-2.6.16-2 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 672 May 16 08:12 grub > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # ls -al /boot/grub/ > total 461 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 672 May 16 08:12 . > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 272 Jun 19 20:23 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 45 Dec 10 2005 device.map > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8052 Jan 18 00:59 e2fs_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7812 Jan 18 00:59 fat_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7060 Jan 18 00:59 ffs_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 393 May 16 08:12 grub.conf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1624 Jan 18 00:59 grub.conf.sample > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 393 May 16 07:09 grub.conf~ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7124 Jan 18 00:59 iso9660_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8576 Jan 18 00:59 jfs_stage1_5 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Nov 18 2005 menu.lst -> grub.conf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7284 Jan 18 00:59 minix_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9556 Jan 18 00:59 reiserfs_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33856 Jan 18 00:59 splash.xpm.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jan 18 00:59 stage1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105544 Jan 18 00:59 stage2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105544 Jan 15 10:52 stage2.old > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105544 Jan 18 00:59 stage2_eltorito > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7368 Jan 18 00:59 ufs2_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6708 Jan 18 00:59 vstafs_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9404 Jan 18 00:59 xfs_stage1_5 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / # May want to check and see if something is missing there. Here is my grub.conf just in case. I'm using gentoo-sources-2.6.16-r9. > timeout 10 > > default 0 > Splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > title Gentoo > kernel (hd0,0)/bzImage-gen-2.6.16-2 root=/dev/hda6 ide0=ata66 > ide1=ata66 vga=788 See anything out of place or missing? Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
