the only area that should not have lvm on it is the /boot any other partition should be ok. i have my root as a lvm partition --- Paul Pianta <pantz at lqt.ca> wrote: > On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 15:20 -0500, seth vidal wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 15:01 -0500, Paul Pianta > wrote: > > > Hi people > > > > > > I am new to this list - actually I am one of > (probably) a few who are > > > jumping ship from WBEL. I feel like a bit of a > scab jumping over at this > > > time - but we all make mistakes eh? > > > > > > I have installed CentOS and ran 'yum update' and > installed everything it > > > prompted me for. After a reboot, I realised I > had booted into the same > > > original kernel-2.4.21-20.EL.c0smp and not the > updated one - > > > kernel-2.4.21-20.0.1.ELsmp. > > > > > > Upon further inspection I found that there was > no entry made in > > > grub.conf for the new kernel, and there is no > initrd in /boot for this > > > new kernel. > > > > > > Could someone please explain what has happened > and whether it is normal > > > behaviour or not? I am used to updating a kernel > with yum and having all > > > of the grub stuff done automatically for me :/ > Now that I might have to > > > do it manually myself I am getting all sooky and > so came to this list to > > > cry for help (and coz I'm a lazy bastard!). > > > > Odd. > > yum doesn't even put the line in your grub.conf > for the kernel to exist > > it just sets the default > > did your mkinitrd script not run? did you see an > error? > > I didn't see any errors and there is nothing in > /var/log/yum.log except: > --snip-- > [root at lab-113 root]# cat /var/log/yum.log > Dec 10 11:34:47 Installed: kernel-smp > 2.4.21-20.0.1.EL.i686 > Dec 10 11:34:47 Installed: kernel > 2.4.21-20.0.1.EL.i686 > Dec 10 11:34:47 Updated: cups 1:1.1.17-13.3.16.i386 > Dec 10 11:34:47 Updated: samba-client > 3.0.7-1.3E.1.i386 > Dec 10 11:34:47 Updated: gdk-pixbuf > 1:0.22.0-11.3.3.i386 > --snip-- > > I'm actually trying to install Xen on this machine > and I had setup the / > partition on LVM which I think is a no-no. Instead > of screwing around > with it I'm just gonna reinstall. Will keep you > updated on how 'yum > update' treats the kernel this time ... > > thanks > > -- > pAntZ > > Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their > shoes. That way, when > you do criticize them, you're a mile away and you > have their shoes! > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Jazz up your holiday email with celebrity designs. Learn more. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com