From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JexFT-0001nU-O7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:54:51 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 37344E0AAA; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:54:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.177]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09AC4E0AAA for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:54:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k34so5131856wah.10 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:54:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=67K3fWwY9m9sV+WlIPKRPQ7ya7l6E7VMkCvDRuoI1m4=; b=nq1rtC9nEVrEjfNTbKGYM+RBMLelNISi2+7nSVM2QQfgBeDqhAfh8sB4+WRuE6pYC6rGhiGuFSyvm6CfODzl0/QGNKFHJtLxzgxthGD7cfGUd0jqTo2Ojqpo1WShTdwaQiyOqj8q7FeiGYvSnxp4yT2r1+zW2ub8/Up7msbVluc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=cMJ5UnvLzpRMFIH2pvKWhyh3DHKtQDJqSSvaxYHT4YIPwzZYn1d5sOxKtF9HZo0Sh9EaowFSvzAu9PcXzbyo42fGEszLuQT0sr04/Ll1GJqTIOaP5GPF4/pgLX421LRPk0yc6+fsNxZLMUapKHR736sDLwtqCGbwdvOEHymFn1Y= Received: by 10.114.158.1 with SMTP id g1mr2103006wae.111.1206644079306; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:54:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.101? ( [24.150.44.167]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f13sm595928qba.20.2008.03.27.11.54.38 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:54:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <47EBED6E.1050009@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:54:38 -0500 From: CJoeB User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080321) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Weirdness Here References: <47EBE8D4.40204@gmail.com> <47EBEAD3.2040608@xaerolimit.net> In-Reply-To: <47EBEAD3.2040608@xaerolimit.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: a13eca24-9f8f-48e5-a43f-23daf7cc5f25 X-Archives-Hash: ac9c7c9de4fbffdeec5ac5762aa48fcb Chris Brennan wrote: > look in your /etc/fstab, is /boot set to noauto? If it is, then /boot > isn't being mounted at boot, mount it by hand, then take a peek ... Thanks. I figured that out. The thing that stymied me is that I normally don't have to manually mount /boot. Anyway, things are okay now. Regards, Colleen > > CJoeB wrote: > | Hi Guys, > | > | Something weird is going on with my system. I have been trying to > | upgrade the kernel, but no matter what I select, I can't seem to get the > | sata drive on my laptop recognized. So, I've been sticking to a kernel > | that works. That is just a lead-in to the situation. > | > | Today, I wanted to check /boot to make sure that I had removed residual > | files from my last failed kernel upgrade. First, let me say that my > | system boots fine into the kernel that I have been using successfully - > | i.e. everything happens as expected when I boot. However, in /boot, all > | I have is a symlink that says that boot is a link to . (dot). I don't > | see any grub directory or any of the files that should be there. What > | gives? This is making me a little antsy! Any suggestions as to what is > | going on? Any ideas how to solve the situation? > | > | Regards, > | > | Colleen > | -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list