How do I remake Boot folder? [SOLVED]

[Crow]

A friend of my son erased the boot folder        from his netbook install and he doesn't want to talk about it      

Is there a way to recover it? or I just should reinstall (that's what I think to do but I'm hoping to learn something from this)

[Neal ManBear]

Boot from live system and as root recreate /boot from /union/boot (live = /union) by copy and paste. Then run restore / redo MBR.    
Best of luck to you, Crow.    

edit: maybe wait to see if someone posts a better way.     

[Crow]

Thank you both, I'm eager now waiting the netbook.

The copy and paste of the folder seems a great option.

I will report when things are done

[Crow]

OK Restore MBR gives me a blank menu.lst, should I write it by hand or that are other means of auto detect?

Edit. Iḿ working from a live usb stick

[Just18]

OK Restore MBR gives me a blank menu.lst, should I write it by hand or that are other means of auto detect?

Edit. Iḿ working from a live usb stick

If the LiveUSB stick was created with LiveUSB Creator then you could copy the /boot directory directly from the stick partition, and that will have all the files needed, including a menu.lst file which would need editing.

You could try running the RedoMBR app again after that.
In truth I have never run the RedoMBR like that .....  always found it easier to edit by hand.


Check permissions of files just in case ......

[Neal ManBear]

You may need to run blkid on the HDD to get the unique identifier number (UUID) for /. For the wording/structure of menu.list, look at your own box for an example. At least, that is what I'd do.    

edit: /etc/fstab will show the UUID for all drives/partitions.     

[Xenaflux]

Redo MBR works like a charm every time I use it ( that's once a week.....don't ask! thanks )

Depending on what you have on the computer, a Boot Manager ( Gag or Burg ) may help

Xx

[Crow]

Sadly the guy was in a hurry and had to reinstall    I think next weekend I will rename that folder in some partition and start tinkering I'm intrigued now

Thank you all