Could some one please advise whether this is the best / safest way to recover a bootable system?
backup the / partition. reinstall a base system - upgrade this to sid - copy back the / omitting /boot (I actually have /boot on another partition). Thanks for an answer. According to Eric Smith on Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 01:01:34AM +0100: > I installed the new lilo and let debconf create a new > lilo.conf and add a boot sector. Before restarting, > however I added an entry for Windows, then /sbin/lilo -v > which reported nothing abnormal. > > However when i tried to reboot, I get: > > unable to mount root fs > add a root= entry (or something to that effect) > > enclosed is the relevant lilo.conf which does show the root fs > pointing to /dev/hda3, which is correct (as per original > lilo.conf. > > Here are the contents of the /boot - however I must admit that i > seem to have lost the map file while trying to correct the > problem :( > > Is it possible to copy the files I need to the /boot directory > and recover the boot? > > Thanx > > total 5656 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1001473 Oct 25 03:31 vmlinuz-2.2.19pre17 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 272592 Oct 25 03:31 System.map-2.2.19pre17 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14685 Oct 25 03:31 config-2.2.19pre17 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Oct 25 03:38 boot.0300 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33506 Nov 9 10:20 config-2.4.14-586 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 382516 Nov 9 13:36 System.map-2.4.14-586 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 587996 Nov 9 13:36 vmlinuz-2.4.14-586 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Nov 13 10:55 boot.b -> > /boot/boot-menu.b > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3407872 Nov 17 21:38 initrd-2.4.14-586 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Nov 17 21:38 initrd -> > /boot/initrd-2.4.14-586 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7708 Nov 20 00:30 boot-bmp.b > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7680 Nov 20 00:30 boot-menu.b > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5920 Nov 20 00:30 boot-text.b > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5920 Nov 20 00:30 boot-compat.b > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 656 Nov 20 00:30 os2_d.b > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 728 Nov 20 00:30 chain.b > -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 27 22:31 bootmess.txt > -rw------- 1 root root 512 Nov 27 22:47 boot.0303 > -rw------- 1 root root 6656 Nov 27 22:49 map > > -- > Eric Smith > lba32 > # Generated by liloconfig > > # Specifies the boot device > boot=/dev/hda3 > > # Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. > # If the special name CURRENT is used, the root device is set to the > # device on which the root file system is currently mounted. If the root > # has been changed with -r , the respective device is used. If the > # variable ROOT is omitted, the root device setting contained in the > # kernel image is used. It can be changed with the rdev program. > root=/dev/hda3 > > # Enables map compaction: > # Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single > # read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the map > # smaller. Using COMPACT is especially recommended when booting from a > # floppy disk. > compact > > # Install the specified file as the new boot sector. > # If INSTALL is omitted, /boot/boot.b is used as the default. > install=/boot/boot.b > > # Specifies the number of _tenths_ of a second LILO should > # wait before booting the first image. LILO > # doesn't wait if DELAY is omitted or if DELAY is set to zero. > delay=60 > > # Specifies the location of the map file. If MAP is > # omitted, a file /boot/map is used. > > map=/boot/map > > # Specifies the VGA text mode that should be selected when > # booting. The following values are recognized (case is ignored): > # NORMAL select normal 80x25 text mode. > # EXTENDED select 80x50 text mode. The word EXTENDED can be > # abbreviated to EXT. > # ASK stop and ask for user input (at boot time). > # <number> use the corresponding text mode. A list of available modes > # can be obtained by booting with vga=ask and pressing [Enter]. > vga=ask > > image=/vmlinuz > label=Linux > read-only > > image=/dev/hdc1 > label=Windows > > # If you have another OS on this machine (say DOS), > # you can boot if by uncommenting the following lines > # (Of course, change /dev/hda2 to wherever your DOS partition is.) > # other=/dev/hda2 > # label=dos > -- Eric Smith Fruitcom.com Benelux Phone: +31 70 313 0240 Mobile: +31 6 551 76300
