Aw Crud! I deleted my /boot folder!

[glennzo]

As the title states, I deleted my /boot folder on one of my F14 installations. I'll have to fix it later. I have F14 under VirtualBox on the same computer. I'd bet I can copy from there and be OK.

[bob]

Been nice knowing ya!

[Dan]

Aw, DANG!

*(Dan slowly pulls off his hat, and holds it against his chest as he lowers his head.)*

It was so young, and full of life!

[GallComp]

Use windows... No boot folder there...

[glennzo]

Buncha comedians

Watch this. I'm going to boot Fedora 14 / VirtualBox, update that system and then copy /boot. It'll work.


Hmmmm. 2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686.PAE on the broken box vs. 2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686 on the virtual one....

virt14 is the virtual installation

[root@virt14 ~># scp -r /boot/ root@phenom14:/
root@phenom14's password: 
iso9660_stage1_5                                                                 100%   11KB  11.4KB/s   00:00    
reiserfs_stage1_5                                                                100%   14KB  13.7KB/s   00:00    
e2fs_stage1_5                                                                    100%   13KB  12.8KB/s   00:00    
stage1                                                                           100%  512     0.5KB/s   00:00    
xfs_stage1_5                                                                     100%   13KB  13.3KB/s   00:00    
fat_stage1_5                                                                     100%   12KB  12.1KB/s   00:00    
ufs2_stage1_5                                                                    100%   12KB  11.6KB/s   00:00    
stage2                                                                           100%  120KB 119.9KB/s   00:00    
grub.conf                                                                        100% 1102     1.1KB/s   00:00    
jfs_stage1_5                                                                     100%   13KB  12.8KB/s   00:00    
vstafs_stage1_5                                                                  100%   11KB  11.0KB/s   00:00    
menu.lst                                                                         100% 1102     1.1KB/s   00:00    
device.map                                                                       100%   63     0.1KB/s   00:00    
ffs_stage1_5                                                                     100%   11KB  11.4KB/s   00:00    
splash.xpm.gz                                                                    100%   67KB  66.8KB/s   00:00    
minix_stage1_5                                                                   100%   12KB  11.6KB/s   00:00    
config-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686                                                     100%  112KB 112.3KB/s   00:00    
config-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686                                                     100%  112KB 112.3KB/s   00:00    
grub.efi                                                                         100%  230KB 230.5KB/s   00:00    
System.map-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686                                                 100% 1642KB   1.6MB/s   00:00    
System.map-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686                                                 100% 1642KB   1.6MB/s   00:00    
vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686                                                    100% 3610KB   3.5MB/s   00:00    
initramfs-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686.img                                              100%   12MB  12.3MB/s   00:01    
initramfs-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.img                                              100%   12MB  12.3MB/s   00:01    
vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686                                                    100% 3610KB   3.5MB/s   00:01

phenom14 is the real installation, the one I deleted /boot from

[glenn@phenom14 ~>$ ls /boot/ -la
total 35964
dr-xr-xr-x.  5 root root     4096 Dec  4 14:47 .
dr-xr-xr-x. 25 root root     4096 Dec  4 14:47 ..
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root   114968 Dec  4 14:47 config-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root   114968 Dec  4 14:47 config-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686
drwxr-xr-x.  3 root root     4096 Dec  4 14:47 efi
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root     4096 Dec  4 14:47 grub
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root 12899540 Dec  4 14:47 initramfs-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.img
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root 12899467 Dec  4 14:47 initramfs-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686.img
drwx------.  2 root root     4096 Dec  4 14:47 lost+found
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root  1681526 Dec  4 14:47 System.map-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root  1681526 Dec  4 14:47 System.map-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686
-rwxr-xr-x.  1 root root  3696448 Dec  4 14:47 vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686
-rwxr-xr-x.  1 root root  3696576 Dec  4 14:47 vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686

[root@phenom14 ~># yum reinstall kernel-PAE

A waste of time methinks. A lot of errors.

Processing delta metadata
/boot/System.map-2.6.35.6-43.fc14.i686.PAE: No such file or directory
/boot/config-2.6.35.6-43.fc14.i686.PAE: No such file or directory
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-43.fc14.i686.PAE: No such file or directory
delta does not match installed data
/boot/System.map-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.PAE: No such file or directory
/boot/config-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.PAE: No such file or directory
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.PAE: No such file or directory
delta does not match installed data
Package(s) data still to download: 42 M
(1/2): kernel-PAE-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.rpm                                                 |  21 MB     00:08     
(2/2): kernel-PAE-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686.rpm                                                 |  21 MB     00:13     
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                                              1.9 MB/s |  42 MB     00:22     
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing     : kernel-PAE-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686                                                            1/2 
grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template
  Installing     : kernel-PAE-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.i686                                                            2/2 
grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template

Installed:
  kernel-PAE.i686 0:2.6.35.6-45.fc14                       kernel-PAE.i686 0:2.6.35.6-48.fc14

[Dangermouse]

Now i just gotta ask, how can you do that (rolling on floor laughing)

edit if done from within fedora then it may still be in the root trash

[Hlingler]

And hope the Virtual Machine's initramfs images contain the same or suitable drivers needed for the "hard iron" OS.

Good Luck,
V

[brunson]

Run dracut after copying, it should rebuild your initramfs.

Either than or force install your current kernel rpm.

Edit: Also, after you copy, rpm -V grub filesystem fedora-logos and your kernels, those are the packages that own the files in my boot directory.

[glennzo]

Originally Posted by Dangermouse

Now i just gotta ask, how can you do that (rolling on floor laughing)

edit if done from within fedora then it may still be in the root trash

Playing with that old laptop hard disk, 3 or 4 computers involved at different times, forgetting what I was doing or what computer I was doing it on. You know, sheer stupidity

[glennzo]

Originally Posted by Hlingler

And hope the Virtual Machine's initramfs images contain the same or suitable drivers needed for the "hard iron" OS.

Good Luck,
V

I don't really mind having to reinstall but I'd rather fix it if I can.

[glennzo]

Originally Posted by brunson

Run dracut after copying, it should rebuild your initramfs.

Either than or force install your current kernel rpm.

Edit: Also, after you copy, rpm -V grub filesystem fedora-logos and your kernels, those are the packages that own the files in my boot directory.

Run dracut <what> ??? dracut --force?? dracut --fixmybox ?? Seriously. No idea here brunson.

[brunson]

I'd try dracut --force to overwrite the initramfs you copied from the virtual machine. dracut examines your hardware and makes sure all the appropriate drivers are available in the initial ram filesystem at boot time. You may be okay with the standard set on both installs, but in general it should do The Right Thing (tm). I believe dracut is run as part of the post install script for all kernel rpms.

[glennzo]

Had already done that, with --force. Haven't rebooted yet. Got distracted by real life. What about that rpm -V thing. How's that work? (looking at man rpm as I post)

I give up. Rest in peace Phenom14.

[brunson]

rpm -V will verify all the files that were installed by a particular rpm are in the correct place with the correct permissions and checksums. rpm -V grub would let you know if you deleted something vital from /boot, but didn't put it back.

At this point, I'd just cross my fingers and go for it. I give it an solid 80% chance of working. :-)

[glennzo]

Even though I posted the picture of the head stone the installation is still intact. I've installed another Fedora 14 to a newly created partition. The challenge of getting the old one working interests me. Thanks for the replies to date.