unable to get extlinux to install
by dimm0k from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5G59V)
currently have an NVME SSD that I had Slack -current running on with a complete dd backup for the partition in case of any serious system issues that I could easily recover from. that day was earlier this week when I updated haphazardly causing a bunch of issues so I decided to revert back to this dd backup. I was able to restore the entire partition, however now the system won't boot because I can't get extlinux to update the boot info on this partition. I booted into a Slack 14.2 ISO and then used the following commands to get me into a chroot environment.
Code:mount /dev/nvme0n1p5 /mnt
mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev
mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc
mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys
chroot /mnt
extlinux --install /boot/syslinuxthe result I get is
Code:/boot/syslinux is device /dev/nvme0n1p5and nothing else. any ideas what I'm missing to get this going? this is also a dual boot system where the Windows bootloader loads first and then loads the MBR off of /dev/nvme0n1p5 to start up Linux
Code:mount /dev/nvme0n1p5 /mnt
mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev
mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc
mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys
chroot /mnt
extlinux --install /boot/syslinuxthe result I get is
Code:/boot/syslinux is device /dev/nvme0n1p5and nothing else. any ideas what I'm missing to get this going? this is also a dual boot system where the Windows bootloader loads first and then loads the MBR off of /dev/nvme0n1p5 to start up Linux