/boot/grub installation

[rajithav]

Hi all,

Iam using fedora 9 in my machine and I installed 2 more linux versions all are working. One day I found that my /boot/ folder is empty and my system is up

I tried installing grub using /sbin/grub-install and I can find all the files except grub.conf

I created grub.conf as follows
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# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=1
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.36)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.36 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.36.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.27.4
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27.48 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.27.48.img
================================================== =====

and I linked it to menu.lst
Then I built 2.6.18.8 kernel to check whether grub.conf is getting updated or not?

when I did make install I end with the following error and grub.conf is still same as the old one

"grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template"

What does it mean?

Any idea how to rectify it If so please help me

Thanks in advance

[yancek]

I am sure you are aware that Fedora 9 is very outdated and no longer has support. You neglect to mention which of the many Linux distributions you subsequently installed which is probably going to be significant! You indicate that your operating systems are all working which would indicate that you are not booting from Fedora.

If they are all working, what do you want to change? Most distributions will install their bootloaader to the master boot record unless the user specifies otherwise. Did you do this?

[rajithav]

Sorry If my way telling was confusing to you

I installed Fedora 9 and after that I downloaded raw kernels
(2.6.27.48,2.6.36)


One more thing is that when I rebooted my system after installing these kernels my /boot/ contains all the necessary data after that I never rebooted it


Mistakenly I deleted /boot/ folder contents now I am trying to retreive all the contents so that when I reboot it should not hang


I think its quiet clear now


Any idea how to further please let me know