On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 10:05, Satish Balay wrote:
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, 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?
Try uninstalling/reinstalling the kernel manually (with rpm) - and look for the error messages during install.
> Tried that and got:
> [root@epo kernels]# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.6-1.435.2.3.i686.rpm > Preparing... ########################################### > [100%] > 1:kernel ########################################### > [100%] > /sbin/mkinitrd: line 294: /sbin/nash: No such file or directory > /sbin/mkinitrd: line 294: /sbin/nash: No such file or directory > /sbin/mkinitrd: line 294: /sbin/nash: No such file or directory > /sbin/mkinitrd: line 294: /sbin/nash: No such file or directory > no temporary directory could be found > mkinitrd failed > [root@epo kernels]#
> /sbin/nash is a link to /sbin/nash-i386 which is not on the system. > What's in this file and how can I recreate it?
> Thanks,
I am using FC2 and my /sbin/nash is not a link to /sbin/nash-i386. Where did you get your nash program? Do a rpm -q nash.
