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Thread ID: 18578	2002-04-28 05:45:00	Lost modules in Linux	Guest (0)	Press F1

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46027	2002-04-28 05:45:00	I was running the Red Hat Up2date program and accidently... well actually I just selected everything to be updated without checking them and there were ones that updated to a newer kernel. My previous kernel modules were all deleted and I can't load the new kernel. All I want to do now is make a backup of all the files I downloaded from the up2date program onto a hard drive with a vfat partition but I can't load the vfat module so I can mount the partition and copy them over. Or if there's a way to load the new kernel now.	Guest (0)
46028	2002-04-28 21:59:00	Can you still boot your current system? If so, you could build a new kernel/modules yourself. If not, something like 'tomsrtbt' (floppy distribution) might be able to help.	Guest (0)
46029	2002-04-29 00:03:00	Yes I can still boot into the system on the original kernel just it won't load any modules because they no longer exist. The newer kernel had modules and I thought I could just use those but that didn't work. I don't know how to build a kernel.	Guest (0)
46030	2002-05-02 03:34:00	Have a look in /lib/modules. The modules should be found through a symbolic link. Normally (in RH anyway, after recompiling the kernel and modules, doing 'make install_modules' puts the new modules in a directory with a different version number, and remakes the symbolic link so that it points to that. Your old modules should still be there, just 'invisible' because the link doesn't point at them.	Guest (0)
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