kernel removed -- please help

Gunny Wallen gunny at thewallens.net
Fri Apr 16 15:06:31 UTC 2004


You can re-install the 2174 kernel via yum from the commandline.
as root:
yum install kernel-2.4.22-1.2174
reboot and that SHOULD put it back in grub for you.

On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 08:58, Sandeep Shekhar Prasad wrote:
> I have done a really stupid thing!
> I issued the following command 
> rpm -e kernel-2.4.22-1.2179.nptl
> 
> and then rpm -i kernel*1.2174.nptl.*rpm
> 
> and then rebooted the comp 
> 
> I wanted to switch from 2179 to 2174 kernel (as I was facing graphical 
> bootup problems after the upgrade)
> 
> Now the grub doesn't show the linux kernel to boot into fedora. I am not 
> sure if 2174 kernel is installed or not.
> 
> I cannot re-install the system, as I have some files whose back-up I 
> didn't make and I donot want to loose them
> 
> I have two partitions (made as default by anaconda - /boot and the other 
> for entire sys)
> I also have windows installed in another partition.
> 
> I tried to upgrade system through FC1 CD, but the upgrade/installation 
> failed!!!
> 
> 
> Help me, what can I do.
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> 





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