[YLUG] Grub

[john halewood]

On 11/12/2007, mike cloaked <mike.cloaked at gmail.com> wrote:
> and once the latest kernel is removed then
> yum install kernel-2.6.23.8-34.fc7
> or simply yum install kernel
> During the install the new initrd will be created. Then try booting to
> the new kernel.

I've got a feeling this may be the cause of the problem - that
mkinitrd isn't creating a proper initrd. There seems to be
inidications that some recent versions are a bit buggy (c.f. google,
passim). Alternatively a simple explanation (given that I recall the
OP mentioned using lots of partitions) is that if the /boot partition
gets full, you won't create a proper initrd anyway, and it may be
failing silently. Changing the mkinitrd package might gain some leeway
on this.

cheers
john

(sorry for spelling mistakes - laptop has a few sticky keys and a cat
stuck on it)