On 10/26/06, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 10/26/06, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > $ pwd > > > /mnt/fc6/boot > > > $ dir grub* > > > dir: grub*: No such file or directory > > > $ cd grub > > > bash: cd: grub: No such file or directory > > > > What does > > > > mount > > > > and > > > > ll /mnt/fc6/boot > > ll /mnt/fc6/boot/grub > > > > say then? Are we sure that what is mounted there is the partition that > > would be used as /boot when coming up in FC6? > > OK, I undertand it now: the command > > mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/fc5/boot > > mounts a MS Windows partition that I have also on hda. So, how can I > mount the boot directory of the Linux partition living on hda? This may help: # df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hde1 77808904 59674616 14118040 81% / /dev/shm 517860 0 517860 0% /dev/shm /dev/hdb6 71630968 56284304 15346664 79% /mandriva /dev/hda1 25587024 13083520 12503504 52% /mnt/windows /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 87574760 59875360 23179056 73% /mnt/fc5 #
The problem is now isolated: the kernel was not installed by 'rpm -i kernel*'. Now, how can I install it from outside? Through the rescue mode? Paul