On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 12:33:24PM +0000, John Richard Smith wrote: > Adolfo Bello wrote: > > >On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 07:48, John Richard Smith wrote: > > > > > >>If you're on desktop and accidentally deleted your kernel from /boot > >>directory is there any way to put one back other than reinstall > >>everything from the beginning. > >> > >>Can you rebuild a replacement while on desktop ? > >>Can I run CD1 install disc and get it to rebuild and install a new > >>kernel only ? > >>That is without installing or altering anything else, the "upgrade > >>route" ? > >>In any case it won't have nvida driver will it ? > >> > >>I think I still have a boot floppy, but never tried it, sometimes they > >>don't work. > >> > >>John > >> > >>Actually , I had better make it clear that I accidentally > >>deleted vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk from /boot directory and > >>need to replace it, and not initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img > >> > >>can that be done from desktop ? > >> > >>John > >> > >>later > >>=== > >> > >>mkinitrd will not work, and in anycase I didn't delete the initrd > >>file, > >>mkrescue will not work because there is no Kernel file: > >>" /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk does not exist" > >>so are there any options left ? > >> > >>John > >> > >> > >> > > > >Just a wild guess. > > > >Try upgrading to kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk. At least you will have a kernel > >to boot to. > > > > > I Hadn't thought of that, a bit obvious really. > So I decided, what have I got to loose. > but instead, I decided to try installing the original kernel-2.4.21-0.13mdk > off the discs. sure enough it installed something. > ls - /boot > > vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk > > there it is, back again, but will it work , I don't know, > I mean originally on first install it had to do a complicated > device scan and choose options to build into the kernel so > that what you are left with is a synthesis of the original > kernel built to your hardware needs, so how does it know > how to do this again, without going through all the same old > device scan proceedure ? > Or perhaps it does,unseen behind the install script ? > > At the moment I'm of the mind set that I only get the one chance to reboot, > the old kernel is in memory now, but if things are not right no chance > to replace. > Any one know if it will work ? > > > John
Make sure you don't have any broken symlink in /boot and that they are pointing to the right file. If every symlink is right, my guess is that you will boot without problem. Adolfo
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