F17 on AWS EC2

[Brian Burns]

On 02/21/2012 04:49 PM, Joseph VLcek wrote:
> I am trying to upgrade an AWS EC2 f16 to f17 following these instructions:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_16_-.3E_Fedora_17
>
> I start with AMI: ami-0316d86a as listed here:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Cloud_SIG/EC2_Images
>
> The instructions describe:
> "Change the following kernel commandline parameter directly in the
> bootloader menu, which
> is shown during bootup, or edit the line in /etc/grub*.cfg to remove ro
> and rhgb and append rw
> rd.info <http://rd.info> rd.convertfs enforcing=0"
>
> However /etc/grub*.cfg is empty:
> [root at domU-12-31-39-04-F1-72 etc]# file /etc/grub2.cfg
> /etc/grub2.cfg: symbolic link to `../boot/grub2/grub.cfg'
> [root at domU-12-31-39-04-F1-72 etc]# file ../boot/grub2/grub.cfg
> ../boot/grub2/grub.cfg: empty
>
> Am I doing something wrong?
>
> How can one get a f17 EC2 instance?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions.
>
> Joe VLcek

Hey Joe,

I just setup a F16 EC2 using that same AMI, so I thought I'd chime in.
This is the page you need.
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/UserProvidedkernels.html#AmazonKernelImageIDs

In a nutshell, you launch that AMI and select the PV-GRUB kernel image.
Most likely this one:
aki-825ea7eb ec2-public-images/pv-grub-hd0_1.02-x86_64.gz.manifest.xml

Then, you can uninstall grub if you like... the only file you need at 
this point is /boot/grub/menu.lst, which you'll have to manually update 
whenever you update the kernel.