Re: Linux should not be booting

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2010-03-11 06:41, Carlos Davila wrote:
> I deleted the following files from /:
>
> initrd.img  initrd.img.old  vmlinuz  vmlinuz.old
>
> and I deleted all files in /boot:
>
> config-2.6.26-2-686    initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686	  System.map-2.6.26-2-amd64
> config-2.6.26-2-amd64  initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64  vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686
> grub		       System.map-2.6.26-2-686	  vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64
>
> Yet linux still boots. I am using Lenny and grub. Where is the kernel
> actually stored then?

I think I've seen the installer put them in /.

Anyway, it would be *much* easier to diagnose the problem if we had 
listings of the *complete* contents of /boot, / and  your grub 
config file.

Toss them onto some web server and send us the links.

--
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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