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Old 08-19-2019, 11:58 PM   #1
JoshBeta1
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Why can't I boot after updating Slackware's packages?

Salutations & Greetings. xD

After using Debian for six years (2013-2019), I decided to move to Slackware. xD

The Slackware's version I installed is the stable, the 14.2. xD

After facing a total disaster when installing Slackware by first time (I had to modify the MBR of the hard disk from DOS to GPT format with "gdisk" and "cgdisk" because the Slackware's installer couldn't find the EFI's partition, I had to make partitions using "cfdisk", I made my computer to go online with the "ifconfig" and "dhclient" commands, and I did the rest with no tutorial, guessing all by myself, using the "--help" and/or the "man" only), I noticed the web browser (Firefox) had problems due to the fact Slackware included an old version, so I decided to update and upgrade the whole packaging with:

"slackpkg gpg update"
"slackpkg update"
"slackpkg install-new"
"slackpkg upgrade-all"

The problem of that was the fact that the kernel's upgrade made the whole system to fail. At the end, I had decided to "overwrite" the files, and when I rebooted, there were "missing" modules. I had to repeat the whole installation again and repeat the updating and the upgrading again.

And once again appeared this:
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But this time I decided to choose the "remove new files" instead...

And, after searching about that on the Internet, I found this:

https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:sl...:systemupgrade

And I did what it's explained there, but I think it's too late. I'm afraid by the fact that, if I reboot, I might screw the whole system up again.

What would happen to my system this time?
Must I be prepared to repeat another installation process again?
 
Old 08-20-2019, 12:26 AM   #2
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If you upgraded kernel, you must update your boot manager (lilo, elilo, or grub) so it sees the change.
 
Old 08-20-2019, 07:29 AM   #3
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You need to copy /boot/vmlinuz to /boot/efi/EFI/Slackware/vmlinuz
 
Old 08-20-2019, 02:38 PM   #4
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If you upgraded kernel, you must update your boot manager (lilo, elilo, or grub) so it sees the change.
Well, the problem is that "/etc/lilo.conf" doesn't exist. Instead, what I found was:

/var/log/setup/text.lilohelp
/var/log/setup/setup.liloconfig
/var/log/setup/setup.ll.eliloconfig
/var/log/packages/lilo-24.2-x86_64-2
/var/log/packages/elilo-3.16-x86_64-3_slack14.2
/var/log/removed_packages/elilo-3.16-x86_64-2-upgraded-2019-08-19,18:07:54
/boot/efi/EFI/Slackware/elilo.conf
/boot/efi/EFI/Slackware/elilo.efi
/boot/elilo-x86_64.efi
/boot/elilo-ia32.efi
/sbin/lilo
/sbin/liloconfig
/usr/bin/keytab-lilo
/usr/man/man8/lilo.8.gz
/usr/man/man8/keytab-lilo.8.gz
/usr/man/man8/lilo-uuid-diskid.8.gz
/usr/man/man5/lilo.conf.5.gz
/usr/sbin/eliloconfig
/usr/sbin/eliloalt
/usr/sbin/lilo-uuid-diskid
/usr/sbin/keytab-lilo
/usr/share/vim/vim74/syntax/lilo.vim
/usr/lib64/os-probes/mounted/x86/efi/10elilo
/usr/lib64/linux-boot-probes/mounted/x86/50lilo
/usr/lib64/linux-boot-probes/mounted/50lilo
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/examples
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/examples/netboot
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/examples/netboot/dhcpd-pxe.conf
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/examples/netboot/dhcpd.conf
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/examples/textmenu_chooser
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/examples/textmenu_chooser/params.msg
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/examples/textmenu_chooser/elilo-textmenu.conf
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/examples/textmenu_chooser/textmenu-message.msg
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/examples/textmenu_chooser/general.msg
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/TODO
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/netbooting.txt
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/simple_chooser.txt
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/elilo.txt
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/LIMITATIONS
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/fpswa.txt
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/elilovars.txt
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/ChangeLog
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/eliloalt.txt
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/textmenu_chooser.txt
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/edd30.txt
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/devschemes.txt
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/README.txt
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/README.gnu-efi
/usr/doc/elilo-3.16/README
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/COPYING
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/QuickInst
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/README
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/sample
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/sample/lilo.old-special.conf
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/sample/sl1337.bmp
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/sample/slack14.0.2012.bmp
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/sample/slack.bmp
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/sample/slack64.bmp
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/sample/Makefile
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/sample/lilo.example.conf
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/sample/lilo.old-raid.conf
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/map.tex
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/tech.tex
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/bootloader.tex
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/parameter.tex
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/README
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/parameter.fig
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/fullpage.sty
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/image.tex
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/other.fig
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/bootloader.fig
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/other.tex
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/image.fig
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/t2a.pl
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-516.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-510.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-53.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/tech_21-52.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-55x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-520x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-574x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-510x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-527.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-528.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/tech_21-53x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-58.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-59x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-57x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-511x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-54x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/tech_21-5.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-57.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-512.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-515.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-529.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-513.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-5.css
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/tech_21-50x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-51x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-55.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-58x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-522.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-52x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-526.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-530.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-524.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/tech_21-51x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-523.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-521x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-52.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-513x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-5.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-514.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-522x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-517.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-56.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/index.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-518.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/tech_21-54x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-521.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/tech_21-52x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-53x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-512x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/tech_21-55x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-514x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-520.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/tech_21-5.css
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-50x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-525.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/tech_21-53.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-519.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-54.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-59.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-511.html
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/html/user_21-56x.png
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/map.fig
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/user.tex
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/rlatex
/usr/doc/lilo-24.2/doc/Makefile.old
/usr/doc/syslinux-4.07/doc/keytab-lilo.txt
/usr/doc/gnu-efi-3.0.4/README.elilo
/etc/lilo.conf_example

And I'm unsure about what I'm looking for, exactly.

Then, I read[ed] what I found about ELILO and EFI here:

https://docs.slackware.com/start?id=...:systemupgrade

And I executed "eliloconfig"...
What happened after that was this:

Click image for larger version Name: Captura de pantalla_2019-08-20_14-35-40.png Views: 28 Size: 85.8 KB ID: 31166

Click image for larger version Name: Captura de pantalla_2019-08-20_14-36-18.png Views: 32 Size: 87.1 KB ID: 31167

Click image for larger version Name: Captura de pantalla_2019-08-20_14-36-29.png Views: 30 Size: 84.5 KB ID: 31168

Did I something wrong?
 
Old 08-20-2019, 02:42 PM   #5
JoshBeta1
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Originally Posted by colorpurple21859 View Post
You need to copy /boot/vmlinuz to /boot/efi/EFI/Slackware/vmlinuz
Sorry, dude. Neither "nano" nor "vim" are able to read what it's written there.
So, I don't know how to do that.
 
Old 08-20-2019, 03:28 PM   #6
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boot the slackware iso
Code:
mount /dev/sdxx /mnt
mount /dev/sd?? /mnt/boot/efi
cp /mnt/boot/vmlinux /mnt/boot/efi/EFI/Slackware/
change the sdxx to match the partition that your slackware is on, changed the sd?? to match the efi partition.
reboot and see if that fixes the problem
 
Old 08-20-2019, 04:20 PM   #7
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Quote:
Originally Posted by colorpurple21859 View Post
boot the slackware iso
Code:
mount /dev/sdxx /mnt
mount /dev/sd?? /mnt/boot/efi
cp /mnt/boot/vmlinux /mnt/boot/efi/EFI/Slackware/
change the sdxx to match the partition that your slackware is on, changed the sd?? to match the efi partition.
reboot and see if that fixes the problem
Done. xD
I just Hope & Expect don't screwing the system up again the next time I reboot.
 
  


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