[gentoo-user] lost /boot recovery options?
Hello, 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. I've built a new kernel and copied it over to /boot. I've copied over the /boot/grub/grub.conf file from an archive. Once I copy of the non-arch_dependant files (not sure which ones those are) do I need to run grub again? Besides the kernel, are there any arch unique files I need to recreate or copy from somewhere off the net? Any ideas or guidance as to how to recover, without reinstallation are most appreciated. James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] lost /boot recovery options?
is your boot file just not mounted? Nangus On 12/4/06, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, 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. I've built a new kernel and copied it over to /boot. I've copied over the /boot/grub/grub.conf file from an archive. Once I copy of the non-arch_dependant files (not sure which ones those are) do I need to run grub again? Besides the kernel, are there any arch unique files I need to recreate or copy from somewhere off the net? Any ideas or guidance as to how to recover, without reinstallation are most appreciated. James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] lost /boot recovery options?
On Monday 04 December 2006 15:14, Nangus Garba wrote: is your boot file just not mounted? Nangus On 12/4/06, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, 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. I've built a new kernel and copied it over to /boot. I've copied over the /boot/grub/grub.conf file from an archive. Once I copy of the non-arch_dependant files (not sure which ones those are) do I need to run grub again? Besides the kernel, are there any arch unique files I need to recreate or copy from somewhere off the net? Any ideas or guidance as to how to recover, without reinstallation are most appreciated. I am not sure how things differ on a 64bit system grub, but mounting /boot and calling grub on the command line as root and running: grub root (hdX,Y) grub setup (hdX) grub quit just as the guidebook says, should reinstall it all in your boot partition (on drive X). -- Regards, Mick pgpfkexUDt8gp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] lost /boot recovery options?
On Mon, 4 Dec 2006 15:07:06 + (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. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
