[aclug-L] Re: Debian From Scratch

[Carl Davis <cdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll take a shot at that.  Lately, I have been so busy it seems I have just 
enough time to hose things up, but run out of time to fix it.  I have been 
trying to compile the kernel on this old pc b/c I have a cheap pc video 
camera and it requires the source of the compiled kernel on the drive.  If 
I ever get it working, I'm going to set it up in a cabin in Colorado to 
send updates.

Carl

At 09:31 AM 5/27/2004, you wrote:
>On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 08:58:03AM -0500, Carl Davis wrote:
> >
> > So, since for the third time I have messed up debian installation by 
> trying
> > to compile to 2.6, I can get this CD, boot and try to fix up my screwed up
> > compiled system.  right?  Now if I only knew what to do to fix what I have
> > broken.
>
>Yes.  In fact, you can even install one of the kernels that you boot
>from on the CD.
>
>You can, for instance, boot the CD and then:
>
>mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
>mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/usr
>mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/var
>mount -t proc none /mnt/proc
>chroot /mnt
>
>and you're in your regular environment.
>
>Or, you can mount it and not do a chroot.
>
>If your bootloader is toast, you can still boot your old Linux system
>(or even a Windows partition).  When you boot the CD and the blue Grub
>screen appears, press c.  Then, at the command line, use a command like:
>
>root (hd0,0)
>kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.6 root=/dev/hd1
>boot
>
>Or you could boot Windows with:
>
>root (hd0,0)
>chainloader +1
>boot
>
>Grub is really slick and handy for repairing emergencies :-)
>
>If you're really hosed, you've got all the tools to repair (or recreate)
>your filesystems.  The kernel source is also on the cd under /usr/src.
>Untar that into a filesystem somewhere and you can build yourself a new
>kernel.
>
>-- John
>
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