On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:58:41 -0500, Jim <lawrence.jim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > results of cmds you asked for > ******************************************************************************** [snip] > [root@My_World ~]# fdisk -l > Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 3824 30716248+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/hda2 3825 9729 47431912+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hda5 3825 4085 2096451 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/hda6 4086 5105 8193118+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/hda7 5106 5118 102280+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda8 5118 5249 1048288+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda9 5249 9729 35991112+ 83 Linux [snip] > [root@My_World ~]# mount > /dev/hda9 on / type ext3 (rw) [snip] > > [root@My_World ~]# cat /etc/fstab > # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details > LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 > LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 [snip] > /dev/hda8 swap swap defaults 0 0 > [snip] > ************************************************************************************* Wow, I think I was right. Something was causing your /boot/ partition to not be mounted. And it wasn't mounted when you did the update, so the new kernel was placed in the /boot/ folder. On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:14:38 -0500, Jim <lawrence.jim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ok i removed my second hard drive and low and behold!!! i have a > grub folder!!! [snip] > [root@My_World ~]# mount > /dev/hda9 on / type ext3 (rw) > none on /proc type proc (rw) > none on /sys type sysfs (rw) > none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) > usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) > /dev/hda7 on /boot type ext3 (rw) > none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) > none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) > sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) Looks like maybe your second hard disk has a label that is "/boot" or something else causing it to not want to mount /boot. You can edit /etc/fstab and change the line: LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 to /dev/hda7 /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 and you should be able to put your second hard drive back. Now, you can reinstall the newer kenel with /boot mounted properly. Or you could perhaps do this (as root): umount /boot mkdir /tmp/boot/ cp -a /boot/* /tmp/boot/ rm -f /boot/* mount /boot cp -a /tmp/boot/* /boot/ rm -fr /tmp/boot/ Then edit you grub.conf, now that you have found it : ). Just copy the old kernel section and change all the numbers to match the new kernel. Be careful when doing the "rm" commands above. Be sure things copied and /boot is not mounted for the first one. This was certainly a strange one! Hope you get it all straightened out. Jonathan
