On 04/29/2011 10:25 AM, Anton J Aylward wrote:
Ken Schneider - openSUSE said the following on 29/04/2011 9:56 AM:
On 04/29/2011 09:23 AM, Anton J Aylward pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
Robert Schweikert said the following on 29/04/2011 9:04 AM:
On 04/29/2011 08:55 AM, Anton J Aylward wrote:
I've just tried an update with an 11.4 DVD and the end result is that I have NO KERNEL Boot From Hard Disk goes straight to grub since there is no menu
What's your setup, RAID? 32 bit? 64 bit? Any error messages?
Details are always helpful ;)
Its a laptop. Only one disk. 32 bit.
If there are any error messages before the grub prompt they went by too fast.
I've used a live CD. The /boot/grub/menu.lst is empty and there are no kernel files or maps or any such in /boot
Surely a rescue would be much the same 32/64?
Since there is no "rescue" on the current versions you will need to go through the install process again, but instead of installing new choose upgrade and follow the prompts. Hopefully this time it will install the boot loader properly for you.
Well, actually there is a 'rescue' on the DVD, but not a 'repair' as there was on the 11.3 DVD. This 'rescue' gives you a root shell on a cut-down system.
I did not install. I already had a 11.3 system and was upgrading, as I said in my origial message. I *DID* use the 'upgrade' rather than the install, I did follow the prompts and perhaps it did install a boot LOADER, sicne I get into grub, bit it *removed* all the exisiting kernels and did not install any new ones. /boot is stripped right down. No initrds, no maps, no linuz, no linux. grub/menu.lst, is, as I said, EMPTY.
It is HOSED. It was hosed becuase I did the ~upgrade~.
What now?
You can run a live image, setup a the network on your laptop. Mount your partitions accordingly (sorry can't provide details without knowing your position layout), don't forget to bind mount /dev. Then chroot to your mount point. You can then configure the repos with "zypper ar". Then you can run "zypper dup" it should sort things out for you. HTH, Robert -- Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU SUSE-IBM Software Integration Center LINUX Tech Lead rschweikert@novell.com rschweikert@ca.ibm.com 781-464-8147 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org