F17 on AWS EC2

[Joseph VLcek]

On Feb 22, 2012, at 2:57 AM, Brian Burns wrote:

> 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.
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Thank you all for the replies!

I appreciate the help.

Joe