Re: [gentoo-user] GRUB question

[Matthew R. Lee]

On Wednesday 18 June 2008 17:54:28 Florian Philipp wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:34:35 -0400
>
> "Matthew R. Lee" <gentoo@××××××××××.org> wrote:
> > I've just compiled a new kernel. I then mounted the boot partition,
> > copied the new bzimage across, along with .config and system.map. I
> > then edited the grub.conf But when I reboot it offers me the same
> > options as in the old grub.conf not the new one. I must have missed a
> > step somewhere, but I can't think where. Can anyone point me in the
> > right direction Thanks
> > Matt
>
> Did you check whether you've really overwritten the old grub.conf?
> Is the file in the right directory (/boot/grub/)? Is there a symlink
> menu.lst on grub.conf?
> Do you really boot from that partition?

the file /boot/grub/grub.conf has the new config.
menu.lst is a symlink to grub.conf
/boot is the mount point for /dev/sda1 the boot partition
the only thing that I changed is to replace the oldest kernel with the newest. 
The order shouldn't make any difference, I want the default to be my current 
working kernel. I want to test the new kernel before I make it the default.
Point is that this setup was working previously and has done so since I 
started using gentoo.  I have checked to make sure that /dev/sda1 was really 
mounted at /boot when I copied everything across, and it was. So I don't know 
what has gone wrong.

Matt

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Universidad Austral de Chile
Campus Isla Teja
Valdivia

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