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On 6/20/06, Mike Markowski <mm@××××.edu> 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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yep, but one thing you might had been missed is to setup grub, I've found |
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it's much clear to do it manually, you may refer to the gentoo manual as |
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well. although everything is there, you have to run setup to make grub |
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installed in MBR or the first sector of your boot partition. |
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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 |
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> 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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I'm not sure of this problem, since lots of stuff may cause this complain |
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message. |
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make sure the kernel and root partition are correct in your grub.conf. try |
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it. |
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Many thanks! |
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> Mike |
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> -- |
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> gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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good luck. |
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daniel |
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