Neil Bothwick <neil <at> digimed.co.uk> writes:

> > Something really weird is going on. I building a kernel all I had in
> > /boot was the 2.6.18-gentoo-r3 files listed above. After running
> > 'emerge -v grub'
> > all of the previous files and including the System.map, kernel
> > and config files suddenly appeared under /boot. I keep old kernels
> > around for 4 or 5 generations back.

> That seems weird, unless /boot wasn't mounted before.

Nope is was mounted. That where I copied over the new
kernel 2.6.18-gentoo-r3.....

Maybe reiserfs on the boot partition has anomolous features....

> > > Install GRUB to the MBR again (this step may not be necessary, but
> > > it's best to be safe).  

> > 3] from the handbook:
> > grub-install /dev/hda


> grub
> root (hdx,y)
> setup (hdx)
> quit

Worked like a charm.

Thanks Neil (and Mick)

James





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