Can't install kernel 2.6.5-1.435.2.3

[Nifty Hat Mitch]

On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 12:45:54AM +0200, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> [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?

On FC2 I see:

    $ ls -l /sbin/nash
    -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 37476 May  6 18:50 /sbin/nash
    $ file /sbin/nash
    /sbin/nash: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, stripped
    $ rpm -q --whatprovides /sbin/nash
    mkinitrd-3.5.22-1
    $

Note that FC2 nash is not a link.

You should be able to reinstall nash with rpm.
A surgeon might do the rpm -r or rpm2cpio set of tricks.

    $ rpm -q --list mkinitrd
    /sbin/grubby
    /sbin/installkernel
    /sbin/mkinitrd
    /sbin/nash
    /sbin/new-kernel-pkg
    /usr/share/man/man8/grubby.8.gz
    /usr/share/man/man8/mkinitrd.8.gz
    /usr/share/man/man8/nash.8.gz

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