Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 831720
Grubby fails when updating kernel in kickstart %post
Last modified: 2013-02-13 16:17:30 EST
Description of problem: When installing a FC16 system via kickstart, and running yum to update in %post, it does not work for the kernel. A simple 'rpm -qa | grep -i kernel' shows that he updated kernel is installed, but grub is not updated. Grubby fails during kernel installation at the %post with the following error message: grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template A search in bugzilla shows that Bug 657257 is very closely related, but the workaround with /dev/root does not work. CentOS seems also impacted somehow as show in http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=4972 The solution that consists of manually run a rpm -e on the kernel rpms then issue a "yum upgrade" again is a no-no ... I have to many systems to install to manually intervene all over again Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora Core 16 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1.issue a "yum upgrade" command in the kikcstart %post section of a FC16 2.launch the install 3. Actual results: updated kernel is installed but grub is not configured to use it Expected results: updated kernel is installed and grub is configured to use it by default since is it the most up-to-date Additional info:
Do you mean "yum update"? Why are you doing this in %post instead of just adding the update repo to the kickstart?
I mean "yum upgrade". Upgrade will delete obsolete packages and install replacements. the main reason is historical ... I have a lot of work to manage, no time to try every single install method. The kickstart and its components is reused years over years with new distros and last time I tried your method it triggered a bunch of bugs and didn't install correctly.
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