[KLUG Members] RH (7.3) install - the rest of the story ...well maybe

[Bruce Smith]

> > Try running through an "update" (upgrade?) instead of a fresh install.
>
> Excellent suggestion ... I tried it and it looked like it might be a go, but
> alas ... got a message which basically stated (paraphrasing here) "Since
> there have been no changes to any packages, no updates occurred ... and no
> new grub.conf was written. (Something like that).  ;>))

Then try selecting individual packages, and add one or two.

> So ... before leaving for the Dr's I snooped around and found I had no
> grub.conf in /boot/grub directory.  Well, I just issued a "grub-install
> /dev/hda" command to see what would happen ... hey, got an empty grub.conf
> file, but what the hey!!!  Well, on reboot, even the empty grub.conf
> disappeared. So, I went back into linux rescue, created grub.conf using vi.
> I'm trying to create a grub.conf file that will do the trick ... found
> vmlinuz, initrd versions and a few other goodies, i.e, splash.xpm.gz or
> something similar.  The last grub.conf, on reboot, zinged along AOK, then
> caused a kernel panic ... not sure what I have to fix yet, but ... at least
> the grub.conf file came into play and tried to do its thing.  Oh what
> fun!!!!
>
> Hey, if you can, send me a copy of your grub.conf file so I can look at what
> Red Hat created for you.  I'm in GRUB training ... OTJ style.
> 
> My current grub.conf file (which did not work) looks like this:
> 
> default=0
> timeout=15
> splashimage=(hd0,1) /grub/splash.xpm.gz
> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-4)
>   root=(hd0,0)
>   kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18.4 ro
>   initrd /initrd-2.4.18-4.img
> 
> Something is amiss ... that's for sure ;>))

You may be missing other stuff, like your initrd (initial ramdisk).
Try the upgrade again, and add something.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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