new kernel but doesn't show up in grub at system boot

[Jim]

i logged in as root  

searched for the file   
here is the message i recieved  
Could not open the document "grub.config" 
The document doesn't exist.


in my /etc folder it is there but it has a green arrow pointing up  on
the top right corner



On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 21:42:43 -0600, Jonathan Berry <berryja at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:24:06 -0500, Jim <lawrence.jim at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 19:04:37 -0800, Rich Burroughs <rich at paranoid.org> wrote:
> > > Jim wrote:
> > > > well have a new problem,
> > > > got all updated   yeah!!!!  :) :) :)
> > > > now i have 2 kernels installed,   cool so i rebooted, to "Test" the
> > > > new kernel, but it isn't showing up in the list of   Operating systems
> > > > i can boot into ...
> > > > What gives now???
> > >
> > > Is it in your grub.conf? You probably just need to add an entry for it
> > > there and then run grub-install. The grub files are usually all under /boot.
> > >
> > > Rich
> > >
> > > --
> >
> > under the /boot folder yes the kernel is listed,,,  but the grub.conf
> > i do a  search for
> > and isn't found
> 
> You can get at your grub.conf in either the /boot/grub/ or /etc/
> directories.  Or if you prefer, you can edit it as /boot/grub/menu.lst
>  They are all the same file.  Edit it and see if there are entries for
> each of the kernels.  Also, are you seeing the list of entries?  FC3
> defaults to a "hiddenmenu" view that hides all the entries until you
> hit a key.  FC3 also defaults to booting the newest kernel that was
> install (which is annoying if you don't boot Fedora by default).  If
> you installed the kernel update, then it should create an entry.  If
> not, just copy the old one and change the numbers around to point to
> the new one.
> Oh, please note: there is no need to run grub-install (as Rich said)
> if grub is working, ie if grub loads.  Changes to grub.conf do not
> require a reinstall.
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> --
> fedora-list mailing list
> fedora-list at redhat.com
> To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
> 


-- 
James Lawrence
NY