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by skadaddle
Mon Apr 30, 2018 1:49 pm
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: Restore from Backup
Replies: 34
Views: 76085

Re: Restore from Backup

anymore advise? am I just out of luck with this restore?
by skadaddle
Mon Apr 09, 2018 3:56 pm
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: Restore from Backup
Replies: 34
Views: 76085

Re: Restore from Backup

Hello Jim, Hope you had a great weekend.... OK, so picking up where we left off... we added two kernels lines from the /home/boot/grub/grub.conf on the second partition to the /boot/grub/grub.conf on the first partition of the virtual machine. since that failed. you wanted me to add more kernal line...
by skadaddle
Fri Apr 06, 2018 5:33 pm
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: Restore from Backup
Replies: 34
Views: 76085

Re: Restore from Backup

OK, I modified the /boot/grub/grub.confi file like you suggested. saved and rebooted. I got this first screen. I choose the zimbra option from the boot menu... Then got the error...
by skadaddle
Fri Apr 06, 2018 5:20 pm
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: Restore from Backup
Replies: 34
Views: 76085

Re: Restore from Backup

I opened this file /boot/grub/grub.confi and modified it to look like this... is that what you want? # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are...
by skadaddle
Fri Apr 06, 2018 5:17 pm
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: Restore from Backup
Replies: 34
Views: 76085

Re: Restore from Backup

I got a bit lost with your surge of posts... sorry...

so you want me to modify the /boot/grub/grub.confi and add these lines to it?

if yes, where do I put them? at the top?
by skadaddle
Fri Apr 06, 2018 4:53 pm
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: Restore from Backup
Replies: 34
Views: 76085

Re: Restore from Backup

OK, I opened the /home/etc/fstab and edited the file. I placed the # infront of each of those UUID lines... # # /etc/fstab # Created by anaconda on Wed Jan 4 00:23:15 2012 # # Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk' # See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or ...
by skadaddle
Fri Apr 06, 2018 4:49 pm
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: Restore from Backup
Replies: 34
Views: 76085

Re: Restore from Backup

Here are the two grub conf files... login as: root root@192.168.200.xx's password: Last login: Fri Apr 6 09:42:41 2018 [root@Zimbra ~]# cat /boot/grub/grub.conf # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot ...
by skadaddle
Fri Apr 06, 2018 4:23 pm
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: Restore from Backup
Replies: 34
Views: 76085

Re: Restore from Backup

This is alot. hope you can understand it. the first and last commands said no such file or directory. Here is the output of those commands... login as: root root@192.168.200.xx's password: Last login: Fri Apr 6 08:28:58 2018 [root@Zimbra ~]# cat /home/boot/grub.conf cat: /home/boot/grub.conf: No suc...
by skadaddle
Fri Apr 06, 2018 4:18 pm
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: Restore from Backup
Replies: 34
Views: 76085

Re: Restore from Backup

yes, we need to take this slow... one step at a time . OK. you want me to compare the two Grub files. correct? One is located on Root/boot/grub/grub.confi The other is located on Root/home/grup/grub.conf if this is correct. I will get the grub.conf file from each directory and show you. then you can...
by skadaddle
Fri Apr 06, 2018 3:34 pm
Forum: Virtualization
Topic: Restore from Backup
Replies: 34
Views: 76085

Re: Restore from Backup

OK, first step... I SSH into the virtual machine. Here is the output of the first command you recommended... login as: root root@192.168.200.xx's password: Last login: Fri Apr 6 08:26:11 2018 [root@Zimbra ~]# ls -l /dev/sda2 brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 2 Apr 6 08:25 /dev/sda2 [root@Zimbra ~]# you sug...