[NBLUG/talk] Need help with booting Linux system

[Todd Cary]

Here is what I have in my boot partition currently.  Does 
anything seem out of place?

Todd

/boot/:
total 25121
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root     9216 Mar  9 10:31 .
drwxr-xr-x  24 root root     4096 Jan 24 08:34 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 root root    51676 Feb 17 22:41 config-2.6.9-100.EL
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root     1024 Mar  9 10:31 grub
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   444812 May  5  2007 grub-0.95-3.8.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1343054 Mar  9 10:29
initrd-2.6.9-100.EL.img
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 13409764 Feb 18 06:25
kernel-2.6.9-100.EL.i686.rpm
drwx------   2 root root    12288 Jan 12  2007 lost+found
-rw-r--r--   1 root root     9371 Aug 12  2006 message
-rw-r--r--   1 root root     9371 Aug 12  2006 message.ja
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  7919724 Aug 13  2006
redhat-logos-1.1.26-1.centos4.4.noarch.rpm
-rw-r--r--   1 root root    67797 Feb 17 22:41
symvers-2.6.9-100.EL.gz
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   770652 Feb 17 22:41
System.map-2.6.9-100.EL
drwx------   2 root root     9216 Mar  9 10:03 .Trash-root
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  1538264 Feb 17 22:41 vmlinuz-2.6.9-100.EL

/boot/grub:
total 345
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   1024 Mar  9 10:31 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root   9216 Mar  9 10:31 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     82 Mar  8 17:39 device.map
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   7956 Mar  8 17:40 e2fs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   7684 Mar  8 17:40 fat_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   6996 Mar  8 17:40 ffs_stage1_5
-rw-------  1 root root    599 Mar  9 10:31 grub.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   7028 Mar  8 17:40 iso9660_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   8448 Mar  8 17:40 jfs_stage1_5
-rw-------  1 root root   4240 Mar  8 20:24 menu.lst
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   7188 Mar  8 17:40 minix_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   9396 Mar  8 17:40 reiserfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   3605 Aug 12  2006 splash.xpm.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    512 Mar  8 17:45 stage1
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 103688 Mar  8 17:45 stage2
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  67701 Mar  8 18:30
symvers-2.6.9-89.35.1.EL.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  68477 Mar  8 18:30
symvers-2.6.9-89.35.1.ELsmp.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   7272 Mar  8 17:40 ufs2_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   6612 Mar  8 17:40 vstafs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   9308 Mar  8 17:40 xfs_stage1_5

/boot/lost+found:
total 22
drwx------  2 root root 12288 Jan 12  2007 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root  9216 Mar  9 10:31 ..

/boot/.Trash-root:
total 19
drwx------  2 root root 9216 Mar  9 10:03 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 9216 Mar  9 10:31 ..





On 3/16/2011 10:08 AM, Todd Cary wrote:
> I did what probably rates as the dumbest thing possible with my 
> Linux server (Centos 4): deleted the boot files.  However, I 
> caught the error *before* doing a reboot and found many (I hope 
> all) of the files, but due to my limited Linux admin 
> experience, I have concern about rebooting without having 
> someone with more expertise than I have to be present at that 
> moment.
>
> I downloaded the latest version of Centos 4.8 and have it on 
> disks, so the repair program is present.  This server is quite 
> simple: just use it to share images, test php applications and 
> to ftp work to others.  For this reason, it only gets touched 
> by me to back up data (unfortunately, not the system) and to do 
> yum updates.  As a result, I do not have occasion to use Linux 
> often enough to keep my skill set up.
>
> For being here to help with the reboot, I am willing to pay 
> someone...
>
> Todd
>
> Petaluma, CA
>

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