[SOLVED] kernel update doesn't edit grub.conf vmlinuz and initramfs missing

[justforgetme]

after yesterday's update to kernel 2.6.35.10-72 my grub.conf didn't get updated and ll /boot
shows that neither vmlinuz or initramfs exist for that kernel.

uname -r though tells me I'm running 2.6.35.10-72 ....

How can I do that?

and on another more reallystic matter how can I generate the missing files so I can manually update grub.conf?

thanks

[DBelton]

well, to generate the initramfs file you use dracut..

dracut -f /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)

But if you are currently booted into 2.6.35.10-72, how did you get it booted if the files are not in your /boot/grub/grub.conf file?

You could not have booted it if vmlinuz doesn't exist.

You should have a vmlinuz, initramfs, System.map and config for each kernel installed in /boot.

I updated to that same kernel yesterday, and had no problems with it updating grub.conf and putting the required files in /boot.

[justforgetme]

hmmm.. ok, I think the problem kinda solved itself. after going and posting this thread from my laptop I rebooted the workstation into the older kernel and voila, vmlinuz and initramfs are there.

I really have no idea why this happened, the farthest I have come is that shutting down the system last night after the reboot and starting it up again in the morning didn't equal a reboot (which was asked for by the updater)..

Anyway, I'm in the new Kernel now and everything works perfectly fine so I guess it was just a minor glitch..

cheers