[NBLUG/talk] Need help with booting Linux system

[Scott Doty]

On 03/16/2011 03:18 PM, Todd Cary wrote:
> Here is what I have in my boot partition currently.  Does anything 
> seem out of place?
>

Yes -- on CentOS and Fedora, grub's menu.lst is a symlink to grub.conf 
in /boot/grub/ .

I would save a copy of both of those files, dig out the grub entries you 
want to keep for a new grub.conf.  Here's what it looks like on that 
CentOS 5.5 system from earlier:

(in /boot/grub )
# ls -l menu.lst grub.conf
-rw------- 1 root root 1567 Mar 16 11:20 grub.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   11 Jul  7  2010 menu.lst -> ./grub.conf

If you want folks to check the resulting grub.conf, just send it to the 
list. :)

  -Scott

> 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 ..
>
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> 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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