On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:23:43AM -0400, Wu, Qishi wrote: > > Dear sir/madam, > > > I installed a new linux kernel 2.4.21 for my redhat 9.0 (with a kernel > 2.4.20) and patched web100 to it. Everything went just normally when I > compiled and installed the new kernel. However, after I patched the > web100 and recompiled the 2.4.21-web100 kernel, I found that all the > contents under /boot are gone except one file kernel.h, which is > claimed to be automatically generated at boot time. When I restart the > computer, the grub is still loading the previous boot menu interface > and the system is still able to boot from one of those kernels I > installed (2.4.20, 2.4.21, and 2.4.21-web100). > > > I'd really appreciate it if you can clue me on the following > questions: > > > 1) Who deleted the contents under /boot, web100 or grub? Is it a > mistake or a new booting mechanism? I guess maybe those files are not > deleted at all. They just can't be seen by the system. >
My guess is that you have a different partition for /boot, and that for some reason it's not mounted. Look at your /etc/fstab, fdisk, etc. and try to mount it manually (or give us more details to help you). -- Didi > > 2) Why is the system still able to boot without grub.conf and any > image files under /boot? Where do those files go? > > > Thanks a lot!! > > > Qishi > _______________________________________________ > Bug-grub mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub > _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub