Bug 54679 - upgrading kernel fails
Summary: upgrading kernel fails
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Raw Hide
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel   
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Version: 1.0
Hardware: i386 Linux
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Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Reported: 2001-10-16 07:16 UTC by Mario Mikocevic
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-10-16 07:16:54 UTC
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Description Mario Mikocevic 2001-10-16 07:16:50 UTC 
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 09:11:56 UTC 
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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