07.04.2012 20:59, imnotpc skrev: > On 04/07/2012 12:43 PM, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: >> 2012/4/7 imnotpc<[email protected]>: >>> On 04/07/2012 09:35 AM, Frank Griffin wrote: >>>> On 04/07/2012 08:51 AM, imnotpc wrote: >>>>> I just discovered that when a new kernel package is installed the grub >>>>> menu entry is added to the bottom rather than the top. The result is that >>>>> the original kernel remains the default and new kernels not used. Most of >>>>> my >>>>> systems are only accessed through ssh so I had no idea the new kernels >>>>> weren't being used and this only came to my attention today when another >>>>> update, probably dbus, broke the old kernel and hung all my boxes during >>>>> reboot. >>>>> >>>>> I would think that if you install an update the expectation is that it >>>>> would be used by default. I haven't had time to check yet, but this may >>>>> also >>>>> be the cause of other bugs I've been having. Is this a bug or intended >>>>> behavior? >>>>> >>>> Not so. The default uses the symlinks for vmlinuz and initrd which are >>>> version-independent, and the kernel install redefines them to point to the >>>> new kernel. The entry tacked on to the end uses the new versoins by name, >>>> and is there so that after the next new kernel comes along you'll have an >>>> entry to boot this one if you need to. >>> >>> So the first and last menu entry are the same most recent version? Then this >>> is probably a bug since the symlink entry won't boot but the entry at the >>> bottom that lists the version by name boots fine. >> Then something went wrong during installation of the new kernel. Could >> you please show the output of >> >> $ ls -l /boot >> > I don't think it effects this output, but just so you know I deleted > most of the unused entries from the grub menu and moved the most recent > version to the top so it would boot again if there was a power failure. > The curious thing is I expected vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2 to be here > but it isn't. This box has received every update that has come out. > > [root@Cedar1 jalaramie]# ls -l /boot > total 20792 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 440 Apr 7 08:14 boot.backup.sda > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Apr 7 08:17 config -> > config-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 135041 Feb 16 09:36 config-3.2.6-desktop-3.mga2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 136931 Apr 4 06:15 config-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 21 19:03 dracut/ > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 537088 Apr 3 14:22 gfxmenu* > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 7 08:14 grub/ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5715971 Apr 3 14:22 initrd-3.2.6-desktop-3.mga2.img > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5733762 Apr 5 07:32 initrd-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.img > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Apr 5 07:32 initrd-desktop.img -> > initrd-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.img
You are missing the symlink initrd.img -> initrd-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.img that is used on default setups... -- Thomas
