New kernels do not work.

Aaron Konstam akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Sun May 25 13:23:11 UTC 2008


On Sun, 2008-05-25 at 07:03 +0300, Antti J. Huhtala wrote:
> la, 2008-05-24 kello 15:52 -0400, Steve kirjoitti:
> > ---- "Antti J. Huhtala" <ahuhtal4 at welho.com> wrote: 
> > > pe, 2008-05-23 kello 05:47 +0300, Antti J. Huhtala kirjoitti:
> > > > to, 2008-05-22 kello 19:15 -0400, slamp slamp kirjoitti:
> > > > > Please help. PC stuck in grub> prompt.
> > > > > 
> > > > The latest kernel update  2.6.25.3-18.fc9 - or one of the 199 files
> > > > updated at the same time - rewrote grub.conf so that (in my case) the
> > > > line which should have read:
> > > > 
> > > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> > > > rhgb quiet
> > > > 
> > > > actually read:
> > > > 
> > > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64 ro
> > > > root=UUID=ab562fb5-0a9a-4458-9f30-61c8a23f774a rhgb quiet
> > > > 
> > > > Somehow my /dev/VolGroup... had been changed to UUID=...
> > > > 
> > > > The same error had been applied to the previous kernel (2.6.25-14.fc9)
> > > > so that neither would boot.
> > > > 
> > > Bugzilla # 448132.
> > 
> > I have the same problem except that correcting my grub.conf file did not help. I'm still stuck with just GRUB showing on the screen. Also I did not get any sounds.
> > 
> > Any futher suggestions?
> > 
> Sorry, looking back at my cryptic hand-written notes I realize I forgot
> to mention that I ran 'grub-install' before editing grub.conf. On the
> basis of time-stamps of the files in /boot/grub, almost all files were
> rewritten but grub.conf was not. My notes don't record whether I tried
> rebooting after running grub-install but IIRC I probably did. I seem to
> recollect that I was still stuck at "GRUB".
> Therefore I edited grub.conf and tried again. This time reboot worked
> for me so I didn't delve into it further.
> Whether the real remedy was running grub-install or editing grub.conf
> *or both*, I don't know. The fact remains I'm typing this with 'fully'
> operational F9 system.
> 
> Antti
> 
> 
Running grub-install should just re-install the boot block. Changing
grub.conf should not need another grub-install.
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