On Jan 23, 2008 9:54 PM, MHR <mhullrich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On top of my previously (just now) difficulties with yum, now I find that the 53.1.6 kernel is not installing properly.
>
> When I run "yum update" to install it, the install hangs here:
>
> Dependencies Resolved
>
> =============================================================================
> Package Arch Version Repository Size
> =============================================================================
> Installing:
> kernel x86_64 2.6.18-53.1.6.el5 updates 15 M
>
> Transaction Summary
> =============================================================================
> Install 1 Package(s)
> Update 0 Package(s)
> Remove 0 Package(s)
>
> Total download size: 15 M
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages:
> (1/1): kernel-2.6.18-53.1 100% |=========================| 15 MB 03:26
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
> Transaction Test Succeeded
> Running Transaction
> Installing: kernel ######################### [1/1]
>
> If I kill this with ^C, it thinks it has installed the kernel, but the kernel is not in my grub.conf. Rpm also thinks it is installed.
>
> I can remove it with rpm -e, but then rpm -ivh won't install it either. It also hangs, at the same point.
>
> Here's what I see when I type ^C:
>
> error: %post( kernel-2.6.18-53.1.6.el5.x86_64) scriptlet failed, signal 2
>
> (Yes, I know, signal 2 is SIGINT, which is what ^C does.)
>
> BUT rpm thinks it has installed the kernel even though the /boot partition has not been updated and the grub.conf file also does not show it.
>
CORRECTION: /boot was updated, just not the grub.conf... .
> Any constructive assistance would be appreciated.
>
> mhr
>
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