Kernel-2.6.23-0.142.rc3.git10.fc8 fails grub

[David Boles]

on 8/28/2007 7:53 AM, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> --- Mike Chambers <mike at miketc.com> wrote:
> 
>> When this kernel installs, it doesn't update grub,
>> as well as shows this
>> error during the install and remove, as I'm sure
>> it's the obvious reason
>> for not updating grub..
>>
>> Running Transaction
>>   Installing: kernel                      
>> #########################
>> [1/1] 
>> grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable
>> template
>>
>> Installed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.23-0.142.rc3.git10.fc8
>> Complete!
>>
>> [mike at scrappy ~]$ sudo more /etc/grub.conf 
>> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
>> #
>> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after
>> making changes to this
>> file
>> # NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means
>> that
>> #          all kernel and initrd paths are relative
>> to /boot/, eg.
>> #          root (hd0,1)
>> #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sdb1
>> #          initrd /initrd-version.img
>> #boot=/dev/sda
>> timeout=14
>> splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>> hiddenmenu
>> title Fedora (2.6.23-0.139.rc3.git10.fc8)
>>         root (hd0,1)
>>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.23-0.139.rc3.git10.fc8
>> ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb
>> quiet
>>         initrd
>> /initrd-2.6.23-0.139.rc3.git10.fc8.img
>> title Windows XP
>>         rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>>         chainloader +1
>>
>> -- 
>> Mike Chambers
>> Madisonville, KY
>>
>> "Best little town on Earth!"
>>
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> 
> kernel-2.6.23-0.142.rc3.git10.fc8
> 
> fails to load.  If you try to boot you will see
> Setuproot:  error mounting /proc:  No such file or
> directory
> Setuproot:  error mounting /sys:  No such file or
> directory
> Unmounting old /dev: No such file or directory
> Unmounting old /proc:  No such file or directory
> Unmounting old /sys:  No such file or directory
> Switchroot:  mount failed:   No such file or directory
> Booting has failed.
> 
> Now, the old installonlyn plugin does not work, only
> two kernels, how can we install more kernels?
> Antonio 

Where have you been Antonio?  ;-)  It was changed in Fedora 7 and still
is/will be this way in Fedora 8. Here is a link to a post about this from
the fedora-users list.

http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Fedora/2007-08/msg02998.html



-- 

  David


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