On 7 August 2010 19:23, Robert Heller heller@deepsoft.com wrote:
sauron.deepsoft.com% rpm -qf /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 kernel-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 sauron.deepsoft.com% rpm -ql kernel-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 | grep boot /boot/.vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.hmac /boot/System.map-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 /boot/config-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.img /boot/symvers-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.gz /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.8.1.el5/kernel/drivers/mtd/redboot.ko
It looks like somehow your /boot/grub/grub.conf file is not getting updated.
Is grubby / mkinitrd installed? (You didn't do something like uninstall mkinitrd? or delete /sbin/grubby?)
sauron.deepsoft.com% rpm -qf /sbin/grubby mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.el5_5.2
[nf5002@eros /]$ rpm -qf /sbin/grubby mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.el5_5.2 mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.el5_5.2
[nf5002@eros /]$ rpm -qf /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 kernel-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5
[nf5002@eros /]$ rpm -ql kernel-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 | grep boot /boot/.vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.hmac /boot/System.map-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 /boot/config-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.img /boot/symvers-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.gz /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.8.1.el5/kernel/drivers/mtd/redboot.ko
(/boot/*.2.6.18-194.8.1.el5, none of these files exist?)