Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:00:41 -0400 "Matthew R. Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 19 June 2008 06:07:27 dhk wrote: > > Matthew R. Lee wrote: > > > On Wednesday 18 June 2008 17:54:28 Florian Philipp wrote: > > >> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:34:35 -0400 > > >> > > >> "Matthew R. Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> I've just compiled a new kernel. I then mounted the boot > > >>> partition, copied the new bzimage across, along with .config > > >>> and system.map. I then edited the grub.conf But when I reboot > > >>> it offers me the same options as in the old grub.conf not the > > >>> new one. I must have missed a step somewhere, but I can't think > > >>> where. Can anyone point me in the right direction Thanks > > >>> Matt > > >> > > >> Did you check whether you've really overwritten the old > > >> grub.conf? Is the file in the right directory (/boot/grub/)? Is > > >> there a symlink menu.lst on grub.conf? > > >> Do you really boot from that partition? > > > > > > the file /boot/grub/grub.conf has the new config. > > > menu.lst is a symlink to grub.conf > > > /boot is the mount point for /dev/sda1 the boot partition > > > the only thing that I changed is to replace the oldest kernel > > > with the newest. The order shouldn't make any difference, I want > > > the default to be my current working kernel. I want to test the > > > new kernel before I make it the default. Point is that this setup > > > was working previously and has done so since I started using > > > gentoo. I have checked to make sure that /dev/sda1 was really > > > mounted at /boot when I copied everything across, and it was. So > > > I don't know what has gone wrong. > > > > > > Matt > > > > Did you run grub-install? > > No, and before I do, given the warnings in the manual, I want to make > sure I don't screw up > I have a standard partition layout with three partitions sda1 (boot) > sda2 (swap) sda3 (the rest). sda1 is the bootable partition > > So I issue the command grub-instal /dev/sda > Correct?? > > Thanks > Matt > Yes, grub-install /dev/sda should do it. Just make sure /boot is mounted Thanks Miika
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