Bug 106582 - Broken grub install impossible to fix using redhat upgrade procedure
Summary: Broken grub install impossible to fix using redhat upgrade procedure
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 9
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-10-08 16:10 UTC by Graham Leggett
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:58 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-10-14 21:23:41 UTC
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Description Graham Leggett 2003-10-08 16:10:15 UTC 
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Description of problem:
On a system with a broken grub installation:

- Run the Redhat 9 install disk, detect the existing redhat install, and select
"create new boot loader config" when prompted.

- Anaconda now tries to install packages.

- Anaconda then issues a warning saying "no kernels were installed, so boot
loader will not be updated".

If the user said "update the boot loader" , anaconda should update the boot loader.


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Additional info:
Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2003-10-14 21:23:41 UTC 
We can't reliably do boot loader configuration updates without a kernel being
installed in some cases.  The right thing to do in this case is to boot into
rescue mode and run '/sbin/grub-install /dev/hda' (or wherever you had grub
installed)
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