On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 11:25, Otto Haliburton wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Pifer > > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 7:56 AM > > To: RedHat List > > Subject: grub screwed up > > > > I have a couple redhat 9 systems where grub is installed but not working > > as I'm used to. On a system I installed a new kernel using apt. When I > > rebooted I was not given the option for that kernel, only the original > > one. I went to modify /boot/grub/grub.conf and found there was no grub > > directory under /boot. > > > > I reinstalled grub but /boot/grub was still empty. I have another RH9 > > system and tried to manually get it working. Of course that didn't work. > > Any suggestions on how to fix the situation? > > > > Thanks, > > James > in redhat there is a link to grub.conf in /etc. see where that link is > pointing too. That will solve your problem. > > It's pointing to where it should point(I think) ../boot/grub/grub.conf which looks like: # 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 (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda default=0 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-35.9) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-35.9 ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.20-35.9.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-31.9) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-31.9 ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.4.20-31.9.img On boot when I get the menu all I see is the kernel for 2.4.20.31.9. I don't have the option for the other one. James -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
