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Mike Markowski wrote: |
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>Well, when I do it, I do it right. Through a bad combination of typos |
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>and missing an <enter> I deleted everything in /boot. :-( |
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>This is what I did to (try to) recover: |
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> # cd /boot |
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> # mklost+found |
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> # emerge grub |
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> [...edited grub.conf...] |
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> [...recompiled kernel & modules and installed...] |
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>I *thought* that's all I'd need, but upon boot up: |
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> Warning:unable to open an initial console |
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> Kernel panic- not syncing: no init found. Try passing init= option to kernel |
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>I compiled the kernel myself, not with genkernel. I'm stumped at the |
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>moment & would be glad to try any ideas anyone might have. |
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>Many thanks! |
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>Mike |
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This !may! help: |
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> root@smoker / # ls -al /boot/ |
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> total 4349 |
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> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 272 Jun 19 20:23 . |
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> drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 520 Jun 13 00:06 .. |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 9 2005 .keep |
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> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Dec 8 2005 boot -> . |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2225130 Dec 27 04:50 bzImage-gen-2.6.14-5 |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2177580 May 16 08:08 bzImage-gen-2.6.16-2 |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37565 May 16 08:13 config-gen-2.6.16-2 |
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> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 672 May 16 08:12 grub |
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> root@smoker / # |
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> root@smoker / # ls -al /boot/grub/ |
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> total 461 |
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> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 672 May 16 08:12 . |
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> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 272 Jun 19 20:23 .. |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 45 Dec 10 2005 device.map |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8052 Jan 18 00:59 e2fs_stage1_5 |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7812 Jan 18 00:59 fat_stage1_5 |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7060 Jan 18 00:59 ffs_stage1_5 |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 393 May 16 08:12 grub.conf |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1624 Jan 18 00:59 grub.conf.sample |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 393 May 16 07:09 grub.conf~ |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7124 Jan 18 00:59 iso9660_stage1_5 |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8576 Jan 18 00:59 jfs_stage1_5 |
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> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Nov 18 2005 menu.lst -> grub.conf |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7284 Jan 18 00:59 minix_stage1_5 |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9556 Jan 18 00:59 reiserfs_stage1_5 |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33856 Jan 18 00:59 splash.xpm.gz |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jan 18 00:59 stage1 |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105544 Jan 18 00:59 stage2 |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105544 Jan 15 10:52 stage2.old |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105544 Jan 18 00:59 stage2_eltorito |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7368 Jan 18 00:59 ufs2_stage1_5 |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6708 Jan 18 00:59 vstafs_stage1_5 |
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> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9404 Jan 18 00:59 xfs_stage1_5 |
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> root@smoker / # |
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May want to check and see if something is missing there. Here is my |
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grub.conf just in case. I'm using gentoo-sources-2.6.16-r9. |
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> timeout 10 |
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> default 0 |
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> Splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz |
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> title Gentoo |
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> kernel (hd0,0)/bzImage-gen-2.6.16-2 root=/dev/hda6 ide0=ata66 |
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> ide1=ata66 vga=788 |
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See anything out of place or missing? |
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Hope that helps. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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