[CentOS] ext4?

[Robert Heller]

At Sat, 7 Aug 2010 19:10:53 +0100 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:

> 
> [nf5002 at eros boot]$ sudo cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
> # 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 (hd1,0)
> #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda1
> #          initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/sda
> default=0
> timeout=5
> splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> hiddenmenu
> title CentOS (2.6.18-92.el5)
>         root (hd1,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.el5 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.18-92.el5.img
> 
> I only have one kernel listen which is why I assume I am behind, I
> think yum has been getting new kernels but not building them and
> editing the grub meun. vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.el5 and
> initrd-2.6.18-92.el5.img is the only kernel in /boot?
> 
> I don't want to be a bother so can point me at a resolution i.e. point
> me at some documentation on how to make a new kernel image out of the
> resouces in /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 and I shall do so.
> 
> Many thanks to you all so far your help is greatly appreciated.

If you have /lib/modules/2.6.18-194.8.1.el5, you *should* also have
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 and /boot/initrd-2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.img
installed as well:

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


> 

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