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

[Daniel Drummond]

Alec Wright wrote:
> 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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>>
> 

just check your grub config to make sure it is pointing to your kernel 
image with

cat /boot/grub/menu.lst

You are looking for an entry with a line like

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27-12-generic root=UUID=##################### ro\ 
quiet splash

If there is an entry with something like that all should be fine to reboot.

Dan