Bug 54679 – upgrading kernel fails

Bug 54679 - upgrading kernel fails

Summary:	upgrading kernel fails

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Raw Hide
Classification:	Retired
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	1.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact:	Brock Organ
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Reported:	2001-10-16 03:16 EDT by Mario Mikocevic
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2001-10-16 03:16:54 EDT
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Description Mario Mikocevic 2001-10-16 03:16:50 EDT

Description of Problem:

upgrading from kernel-2.4.9-0.5 to kernel-2.4.9-0.18 fails !

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How Reproducible:

Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. 

rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.9-0.18.i686.rpm

2. 

rpm -e kernel-2.4.9-0.5

3. 

BANG!

Actual Results:

# rpm -e kernel-2.4.9-0.5       
error opening /boot/grub/grub.conf for read: No such file or directory
error: execution of %preun scriptlet from kernel-2.4.9-0.5 failed, exit
status 1


Expected Results:

No output.

Additional Information:

What a heck kernel needs grub, isn't a good ole LILO enough !?

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2001-10-16 05:11:56 EDT

Our recent kernels support grub AND lilo, unfortionatly 2.4.9-0.5 had a bug in
that code...... should be fixed in 2.4.9-0.18

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