>Hi Terry, > >In your case you should upgrade your kernel as mentioned below when you >get a chance: > >https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0574.html >see Nahant list for more info. >(https://www.redhat.com/archives/nahant-list/2006-July/msg00062.html) Thanks for this. > > >T. Horsnell wrote: >> Hi Albert, >> So far I've not noticed any problems with /boot, but many >> thanks for the warning. I'll take care there. >> > >> Do you think this is a kernel thing? I'm currently running >> RHEL4, kernel 2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp on an Opteron system, >> gnome-desktop-2.8.0-5. All disks (including boot disk) are SCSI. >> >> > >Also, I have not seen this problem on RHEL 3/4 only on Fedora Core 5!, I >had assume you had been using FC5 because your post was to this list. > >I don't think it's a kernel bug, just an undocumented/unknown feature, >which can most probably be fixed via some configuration - somewhere ? I've been poking around on Gnome preferences and website, but so far no hint of what might be done to disable this 'feature'. Cheers, T. > >> Currently 3 workrounds for me: >> >> 1. Make sure the console GUI is logged out and do the mount from >> a remote terminal. >> >or use /etc/fstab >> 2. Log in on the console GUI as a normal user, su to root and >> do the mount. >> >> 3. Make sure the console GUI is logged out, start a virtual terminal >> session (CTRL/ALT/F1), log in as root and do the mount. >> >> >> I wonder why a kernel upgrade should involve a 'grub --install' step? >> I thought all that was necessary was to load the new kernel files into >> /boot and modify grub.conf, and that a 'grub-install' would only be >> necessary if grub itself was changed. I've certainly plonked new >> kernels into /boot (and loaded associated /lib/modules), modified >> grub.conf and they have booted OK... >> >Yep, I do the same, but you just never know what some of these RPMs do >until it's too late. >> Cheers, and many thanks for your help here, >> Terry. >> >> >> > >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
