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