----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Diamond" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'For users of Fedora Core releases'" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 12:32 AM Subject: RE: yum update 2179 kernel > 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? [root@wa9als etc]# rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-utils-2.4-9.1.101.fedora mindi-kernel-1.0-1 kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-16 kernel-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl kernel-2.4.22-1.2179.nptl [root@wa9als etc]# [root@wa9als etc]# cat fstab|more LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,r o 0 0 [root@wa9als etc]# I have Webmin, and it has a Grub install option. Should I try that? I think this is an important thread. I'm using a new Dell 600SC server, started with a fresh install of FC1 from CDs, and have updated quite a few times using yum of the last couple of months. I'm not doing much desktop stuff at all - no weird sound apps, camera apps, etc. Only using network stuff like Apache, pop and IMAP mail, Squirrelmail and so forth. Things were perfect until the last run of yum, instaalling the 2179 kernel. And it's a FC1-only box - not a dual boot with that other OS. Thanks - John
