On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 03:33, stephan.helas@xxxxxxx wrote: > Hello, > > got some error message by updating last kernel. > is only for information: > i use soft raid for amanda holding disk (level linear raid) > > > ---------- snip ---------------------- > Gathering package information from servers > Getting headers from: Red Hat Linux 7.3 base > Getting headers from: Redh Hat d|a Fractales Updates > Getting headers from: Red Hat Linux 7.3 updates > Finding updated packages > Downloading needed headers > Resolving dependencies > Dependencies resolved > I will do the following: > [install: kernel-smp.i686] > [update: quota.i386] > Is this ok [y/N]: y > Getting kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.7.i686.rpm > Getting quota-3.06-9.7.i386.rpm > Calculating available disk space - this could take a bit > kernel-smp 100 % done > raid level -1 (in /etc/raidtab) not recognized > quota 100 % done > Kernel Updated/Installed, checking for bootloader > Lilo found - adding kernel to lilo and making it the default > Traceback (innermost last): > File "/usr/sbin/yum", line 44, in ? > yummain.main(sys.argv[1:]) > File "yummain.py", line 241, in main > File "pkgaction.py", line 317, in kernelupdate > File "up2datetheft.py", line 13, in install_lilo > File "lilocfg.py", line 371, in installNewImages > lilocfg.LiloConfError: Error installing lilo.conf The message was: > test install of lilo failed > [root@gt1webdev1 /]# rpm -qa |grep kernel > kernel-smp-2.4.18-27.7.x > kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.7 so two things. 1. the last 2 lines of the traceback are what matters. - you have a lilo.conf that has errors in it - BEFORE yum edited it. - run lilo -t on your system and see if it complains - I bet it will 2. you're not using yum 1.0.1 are you? - 1.0.1 catches that error more gracefully iirc. thanks -sv
