Can't install kernel 2.6.5-1.435.2.3
Vince Di Nenna
vdinenna at comworks.us
Wed Jul 7 22:50:38 UTC 2004
Try: YUM update. I used it 5 minutes ago and it worked for me.
On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 18:45, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> 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 at 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 at 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,
> --
> Erik P. Olsen
>
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