On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 15:07:06 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:

> I somehow lost /boot on an amd64 (turion) laptop. I have an old copy 
> of grub.conf, but no backup of the entire /boot dir. Since I do not
> have another amd64 system, can I just copy over most of the 
> (non arch dependant files) and recreate the arch dependant files?
> The system is still booted up, so I need to make repairs before
> rebooting again.

Re-install the kernel with "cd /uusr/src/linux && make install".
Re-emerge GRUB
Install GRUB to the MBR again (this step may not be necessary, but it's
best to be safe).


-- 
Neil Bothwick

An expert is nothing more than an ordinary person away from home.

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