ron wrote: > ron wrote: > >>> Hello, >>> >>> I managed to wipe out my /boot >> directory while trying to back it up to >>> cd. I reinstalled the kernel and grub >> files but have no: >>> >>> /grub/splash.xpm.gz >>> >>> or: >>> >>> /initrd/2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.img >>> >>> Where can i find these? >>> >>> What is ?: >>> >>> /initrd/2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.img > > Ed Greshko wrote: > >> initrd=Initial Ram Disk >> >> You'll need to "roll your own" with >> mkinitrd. See "man mkinitrd". >> As for the splash screen...that is in >> the fedora-logos rpm. You can >> extract it from there. > > Ed, > > Thank you for your help. I got this far: > > [root@corefive ~]# mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5smp.img > 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5smp > > No dep file found for kernel 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5smp > > What am I missing? Well, you may be missing a lot....as in you may have deleted more than you've expected. When I do mkinitrd I normally do "mkinitrd imagename `uname -r` to make sure I have the correct name for the running kernel. What the error is telling you is that /lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2122_FC5smp/modules.dep cannot be found. You need to make sure the kernel name is correct. FWIW, /sbin/mkinitrd is a script. Makes it easier to understand what it is doing. Ed -- -- Owen Meredith
