On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 02:22, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote: > On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 12:33:28AM +0200, Erik P. Olsen wrote: > > > > I have tried to install subject kernel on FC2 using up2date. It > > apparently seems to install successfully because no error message or > > warning has been issued, but when you boot there is no mention of this > > kernel. > > > > grub.conf has NOT been updated and the corresponding > > initrd-2.6.5-1.435.2.3.img is missing. > > > > The only modification to the boot process has been a change to the > > timeout value (for selecting kernel at boot) to 0 (zero). > > > > Is this a known bug? > > In /boot/grub/grub.conf make sure that the line for > default specifies the new kernel. Counting begins with '0'. > > default=0 > > Setting the timeout to 0 is likely making the ability to see that > there is a newer unselected kernel 'invisible'. Set it to a short non > zero time. > > timeout=10 > > yum updates apparently to switch to the latest, up2date on FC2 keeps > the last one active. Read above. grub.conf was not changed by up2date. So even changing timeout back to 10 doesn't give me any mean to select the new kernel. I can't even do the change to grub.conf manually because initrd-2.6.5-1.435.2.3.img is missing. However the old kernel works perfectly so the damage is manageable. Regards, -- Erik P. Olsen
