Re: Kernel recompile has left /boot empty

From: Matt Bostock (matt_at_mattbostock.com)
Date: 03/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 02:36:17 -0000

It's all ext3, same as the main partition.

When I run:

# du boot -h

It comes up with:
8.0K boot

So it really appears as though there's only the kernel.h left.

Matt 

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"Brian Reiahle" <reply@the.newsgroup> wrote in message
news:3w85c.91$th6.2039@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> Matt Bostock wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I successfully recompiled my kernel (2.4.25), patched with GRSecurity.
I'm
> > using RedHat9 and Grub bootloader. I tested out the new kernel so that
it
> > would only load as default once, and then if anything went wrong I could
> > simply reboot. Everything went fine, except that I noticed /boot was
empty
> > apart from containing kernel.h.
> >
> > I presumed it was normal for 'kernel testing', so I rebooted, made the
new
> > recompiled kerned the default, and rebooted again. Everything has been
> > working fine, expect /boot is still empty except for kernel.h.
> >
> > I need to recompile the kernel again with some new options, but can't
> > because /boot is almost empty. Any idea why it's (almost) empty?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt :)
>
> Do you have /boot on a seporate partition?
> if so, dose it use a different filesystem?
>
> The first thing that came to mind was that maby the boot scripts faild
> to mount /boot ... maby you forgot to add support for it's filesystem?
> ... maby a needed module is on a filesystem not mounted until after
> /boot failed.
>
> not sure about the kernel.h though, im just thinking out loud at the
moment.
It's all ext3, same as the main partition.
When I run:
# du boot -h
It comes up with:
8.0K    boot
So it really appears as though there's only the kernel.h left.
Matt
-- 
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.
"Brian Reiahle" <reply@the.newsgroup> wrote in message
news:3w85c.91$th6.2039@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> Matt Bostock wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I successfully recompiled my kernel (2.4.25), patched with GRSecurity.
I'm
> > using RedHat9 and Grub bootloader. I tested out the new kernel so that
it
> > would only load as default once, and then if anything went wrong I could
> > simply reboot. Everything went fine, except that I noticed /boot was
empty
> > apart from containing kernel.h.
> >
> > I presumed it was normal for 'kernel testing', so I rebooted, made the
new
> > recompiled kerned the default, and rebooted again. Everything has been
> > working fine, expect /boot is still empty except for kernel.h.
> >
> > I need to recompile the kernel again with some new options, but can't
> > because /boot is almost empty. Any idea why it's (almost) empty?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matt :)
>
> Do you have /boot on a seporate partition?
> if so, dose it use a different filesystem?
>
> The first thing that came to mind was that maby the boot scripts faild
> to mount /boot ... maby you forgot to add support for it's filesystem?
> ... maby a needed module is on a filesystem not mounted until after
> /boot failed.
>
> not sure about the kernel.h though, im just thinking out loud at the
moment.

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