[PLUG] Slackware Firefox out of date
Dick Steffens
dick at dicksteffens.com
Thu Dec 27 21:04:55 UTC 2018
n 12/27/18 1:00 PM, Ben Koenig wrote:
> Yes, you are on the correct path with that solution.
>
> You can boot from the installer and manually mount /dev/sda1, then copy
> over a correct configuration.
>
> You might also mount /dev/sda2 in order to bring a clean kernel over and
> make sure all the files are correct. From the live disk:
> Mount the relevant partitions....
> $ mkdir /mnt/boot
> $ mkdir /mnt/rootfs
> $ mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot
> $ mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/rootfs
>
> Mounted, now we cp the Linux kernel:
> $ cp /mnt/rootfs/boot/vmlinuz-huge /mnt/boot/EFI/Slackware/vmlinuz
>
> Now, make sure your elilo.conf is correct, use the cat command and confirm
> that it outputs the following text...
>
> $ cat /mnt/boot/EFI/Slackware/elilo.conf
> chooser=simple
> delay=1
> timeout=1
> #
> image=vmlinuz
> label=vmlinuz
> read-only
> append="root=/dev/sda2 vga=normal ro"
>
>
> If it says ANYTHING else, stop, and paste the output here.
Thanks. I'll look into that after finishing today's work.
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Regards,
Dick Steffens
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