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Neil Bothwick <neil <at> digimed.co.uk> writes: |
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> > I somehow lost /boot on an amd64 (turion) laptop. I have an old copy |
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> > of grub.conf, but no backup of the entire /boot dir. Since I do not |
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> > have another amd64 system, can I just copy over most of the |
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> > (non arch dependant files) and recreate the arch dependant files? |
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> > The system is still booted up, so I need to make repairs before |
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> > rebooting again. |
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> Re-install the kernel with "cd /uusr/src/linux && make install". |
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1] Well I used what I usually use to build a kernel: |
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make && make install_modules |
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cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.18-gentoo-r3 |
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cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.18-gentoo-r3 |
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cp .config /boot/config-2.6.18-gentoo-r3 |
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> Re-emerge grub |
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2] emerge -v grub |
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Something really weird is going on. I building a kernel all I had in |
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/boot was the 2.6.18-gentoo-r3 files listed above. After running |
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'emerge -v grub' |
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all of the previous files and including the System.map, kernel |
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and config files suddenly appeared under /boot. I keep old kernels |
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around for 4 or 5 generations back. |
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> Install GRUB to the MBR again (this step may not be necessary, but it's |
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> best to be safe). |
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3] from the handbook: |
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grub-install /dev/hda |
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That's it? |
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Not sure what do do in light of step 2] restoring |
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the missing kernels. That's weird. |
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James |
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