[TriLUG] Grub configuration file

Justin Johnson justin at deepbluesoftware.com
Tue Aug 12 19:47:19 EDT 2003


While updating my system via RHN I got a message indicating that I was
not running the most current kernel installed on my system. So I did a
rpm -q kernel and sure enough I have kernel-2.4.20-8  as well as kernel
2.4.20-19.9 installed. However my grub.conf file only shows entries for
2.4.20-8. 

It looks pretty simple to edit grub.conf to add the entries  for the
newer kernel by copying and pasting 2 new sections and changing the
references to the kernel specific files as appropriate. Unfortunately I
have a problem with this simplistic approach. The entries for the
2.4.20-8 kernel have a line that contains
  "initrd/initrd-2.4.20-8smp.img". 
This file does exist in /boot, along with the vmlinuz-2.4.20-8smp

My problem is that there is no initrd-2.4.20-19.9smp.img". in /boot,
although I do have the file vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.9.smp, which leaves me
wondering what to do wtht the line "initrd /_what goes here_"

Below is my grub.conf file. FYI I am running a dual proc machine hence
the entries for 2.4.20-8 as well as 2.4.20-8smp. Also the extra
parameters for each sections where required for the Promise RAID
controller I am running.

Thanks for the help. If the questions get too numerous, let me know an
maybe I can be a (partial at least)pizza sponsor for a meeting. :-)

Thanks again,
Justin

grub.conf contents:
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8smp)
	root (hd0,1)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8smp ro root=LABEL=/ ide0=0x1f0,0x3f6,14
ide1=0x170,0x376,15 ide2=0 ide3=0 ide4=0 ide5=0 ide6=0 ide7=0 ide8=0
ide9=0
	initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8smp.img
title Red Hat Linux-up (2.4.20-8)
	root (hd0,1)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ ide0=0x1f0,0x3f6,14
ide1=0x170,0x376,15 ide2=0 ide3=0 ide4=0 ide5=0 ide6=0 ide7=0 ide8=0
ide9=0
	initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img

-- 




More information about the TriLUG mailing list