[ubuntu-uk] kernel deleted and I don't think I can reboot...!!! :/

[Alec Wright]

You've got a kernel there. vmlinuz-* are kernel images

2009/4/9 Farran Lee <fazzy.baboon at ntlworld.com>:
> On Thu, 2009-04-09 at 14:31 +0100, Daniel Drummond wrote:
>
> Farran Lee wrote:
>> I've had issues with my kernel recently - it had 27-11, -12 and -14
>> installed. Every time I installed anything, it always tried to
>> regenerate the boot image, and always returned an error saying it had to
>> leave the kernel/image/module packages unconfigured.
>> Anyway, I tried to fix it... by removing all the images, headers and
>> kernels that were extra. Didn't like that. So i forced it to stay on
>> version 27-11. Didn't like that either. Now, I've only got the 27-12
>> headers installed, because when I install anything else, it says it
>> cannot configure it - only the headers of each version will install.
>> Now I'm afraid that even if I install the rest of the 27-12 parts, that
>> my computer won't turn back on if I reboot it. My computer's currently
>> sat here running on -12, not -14 which was newer, making me think that
>> maybe -14 isn't bootable atm. I can't install any of the others cos they
>> fail in exactly the same way.
>>
>> So I have headers, no images and no modules.
>>
>> At the very least, can someone tell me if it's safe to turn my pc off
>> please?
>>
>> Thank you very much
>> ===================================
>> Farran Lee
>> I'm only 16 :P
>>
>>
> Have you actually deleted the kernel image ( from /boot) or just the
> sources/headers?
>
>
> ah sorry that was badly worded... I meant, I've uninstalled them, with the
> intention of reinstalling them. It seems to be linux-image-2.6.27-12-generic
> that's giving me the trouble... all the packages that don't depend on it
> install fine.
> However, I haven't found any files and clicked delete. If it helps, this is
> what cd /boot && ls -a returns:
>
> abi-2.6.27-12-generic
> config-2.6.27-12-generic
> grub
> initrd.img-2.6.27-12-generic
> memtest86+.bin
> System.map-2.6.27-12-generic
> vmcoreinfo-2.6.27-12-generic
> vmlinuz-2.6.27-12-generic
>
> uh yeah so that's it,
>
> Thanks
> ===================================
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 16 :P
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