On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 13:43:34 -0500, Thomas Dodd wrote: > Michael Schwendt wrote: > > On 18 Oct 2002 23:02:22 -0400, Chuck Liggett wrote: > >># rpm -UvhF hwdata-0.48-1.noarch.rpm kernel-2.4.18-17.8.0.i386.rpm \ > >> 6:kernel > >> ########################################### [ 67%] > >>grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template > > > > > > It does that when it finds a file /boot/grub/grub.conf which does > > not contain any applicable boot entries. Why do you have such a file > > when you use LILO instead of GRUB? > > I have a system with lilo (grub won't work) It is a full install, > noit an upgrade, and I chose lilo instead of grub. Anaconda still > created /boot/grub/grub.conf. > > I did rpm -ivh kernel* and it worked fine. > > I think the new installkernel routine uses the current default > stanza in grub.conf to create the new one in grub.conf and lilo,.conf. > > But I did NOT get the message when I installed (rpm -i) the new > kernel. But you do have a fully updated and valid grub.conf with a menu entry for the 2.4.18-17.8.0 kernel, although grub.conf is not used because you use LILO. Right?
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