Monday, April 19, 2004 4:47 PM John Fleming replied with: > Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 4:41 PM Eric Diamond tried: > >... What does 'rpm -q grub' output? > > grub-0.93-7 OK, well it thinks grub is there. > > AND > > > > 2) What happens if you run 'rpm -e > kernel-2.4.22-1.2179.nptl' and then > > run 'yum update'? > > 1. Well, I ran "yum remove kernel-2.4.22-1.2179.nptl" > > and got "No Matches for (the above). > > 2. Then I ran 'rpm -e .....' as above and it returned the > console prompt. Strange, seems like the new kernel was never installed... > 3. Then I ran yum update - (I'm just used to using yum). It > didn't download anything, but said it was installing the > kernel. Then the aforementioned "no bootloader found" > message, then a line that the kernel was installed. OK. So yum downloaded the kernel package, but never installed it. Or maybe it backed it out when it couldn't complete the install? > 4. Rebooted - Got the Grub 0.93 screen with the 2 old kernel choices. Like I said above, maybe it's backing out the install. Alexander, can you shed any light on this? > 5. Updated, this time with rpm graphical, and it downloaded > the kernel - Downloaded and installed without errors, and > suggested I reboot to use the new kernel. > > 6. The reboot yielded the graphical screen showing Grub 0.93 > and STILL THE 2 OLD KERNEL CHOICES! Or is it rpm that might be backing out the install? > 7. Still no /boot/grub file, fwiw. Wow. Good one! OK, now two more questions? What is the output of 'rpm -qa | grep kernel'? And, have you thought about uninstalling and reinstalling grub? Eric Diamond eDiamond Networking & Security 303-246-9555 eric@xxxxxxxxxxxx
