[SOLVED] Accidentally screwed up menu.lst

[Cammy]

Yes, I'm an idiot. I was trying to add an option to my menu.lst file and I managed to screw it up. So I copied a backup version over, BUT the backup does not seem to have the proper kernel I need. So now when I boot up, my /home/user directory is missing.

Is there any way to get the correct entry into menu.lst, or have I lost everything?

[aged hippy]

If you look in /boot/grub you may find a file named menu.lst~ - which may be the auto-backup of the one you altered.

If it is there, move the present one somewhere, and remove the ~ on the backup. :)

[caljohnsmith]

Just do:

sudo update-grub
and the new kernel should be added to your menu.lst, assuming your "groot" and "kopt" lines in your menu.lst are OK, among other things. If you have any problems with it though, let me know. Otherwise let me know how it goes. :)

[aged hippy]

Just do:

sudo update-grub
and the new kernel should be added to your menu.lst, assuming your "groot" and "kopt" lines in your menu.lst are OK, among other things. If you have any problems with it though, let me know. Otherwise let me know how it goes. :)

That's a handy one to know. :)

[Cammy]

Yes, QUITE useful!

I'm back in my proper kernel again!

[caljohnsmith]

Yes, QUITE useful!

I'm back in my proper kernel again!
That's great news. You might want to backup your menu.lst to have a working copy in case something else happens:

sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.backup

Anyway, cheers and have fun. :)