previous problem sort of resolved

[Jim]

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 01:16:36 -0600, Jonathan Berry <berryja at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:58:41 -0500, Jim <lawrence.jim at gmail.com> wrote:
> > results of cmds you asked for
> > ********************************************************************************
> [snip]
> > [root at My_World ~]# fdisk -l
> > Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
> > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >
> >    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/hda1   *           1        3824    30716248+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> > /dev/hda2            3825        9729    47431912+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> > /dev/hda5            3825        4085     2096451    7  HPFS/NTFS
> > /dev/hda6            4086        5105     8193118+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> > /dev/hda7            5106        5118      102280+  83  Linux
> > /dev/hda8            5118        5249     1048288+  82  Linux swap
> > /dev/hda9            5249        9729    35991112+  83  Linux
> [snip]
> > [root at My_World ~]# mount
> > /dev/hda9 on / type ext3 (rw)
> [snip]
> >
> > [root at My_World ~]# cat /etc/fstab
> > # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
> > LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
> > LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
> [snip]
> > /dev/hda8               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
> > 
> [snip]
> > *************************************************************************************
> 
> Wow, I think I was right.  Something was causing your /boot/ partition
> to not be mounted.  And it wasn't mounted when you did the update, so
> the new kernel was placed in the /boot/ folder.
> 
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:14:38 -0500, Jim <lawrence.jim at gmail.com> wrote:
> > ok   i removed my second hard drive and low and behold!!!  i have a
> > grub folder!!!
> [snip]
> > [root at My_World ~]# mount
> > /dev/hda9 on / type ext3 (rw)
> > none on /proc type proc (rw)
> > none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
> > none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
> > usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
> > /dev/hda7 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
> > none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
> > none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
> > sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
> 
> Looks like maybe your second hard disk has a label that is "/boot" or
> something else causing it to not want to mount /boot.  You can edit
> /etc/fstab and change the line:
> LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
> to
> /dev/hda7             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
> and you should be able to put your second hard drive back.  Now, you
> can reinstall the newer kenel with /boot mounted properly.  Or you
> could perhaps do this (as root):
> 
> umount /boot
> mkdir /tmp/boot/
> cp -a /boot/* /tmp/boot/
> rm -f /boot/*
> mount /boot
> cp -a /tmp/boot/* /boot/
> rm -fr /tmp/boot/
> 
> Then edit you grub.conf, now that you have found it : ).  Just copy
> the old kernel section and change all the numbers to match the new
> kernel.  Be careful when doing the "rm" commands above.  Be sure
> things copied and /boot is not mounted for the first one.
> This was certainly a strange one!  Hope you get it all straightened out.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
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you lost me on this one.... 
i removed ther newest kernel  hoping that up2date would see that it is
the old one and notify me that there is a new one (so far not so)
grub.conf only shows my XP  & Core 3 kernel (kernel-2.6.9-1.667) 
the only kernel installed is the  kernel-2.6.9-1.667    

I still have the problem of updates choosing Core 2  

I don't want to install the second HD  what is another option?
thanks

-- 
James Lawrence
NY