grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template

[Tony Breeds]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 05:56:42PM -0500, Steve Dickson wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm getting the $SUBJECT error when I try to
> install a rawhide kernel on an updated f16 vm.
> 
> # rpm -ihv  kernel-3.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.pnfsdlexp.fc16.x86_64.rpm           
> Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]  
>    1:kernel                 ########################################### [100%]  
> grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template
> # uname -r
> 3.1.5-6.fc16.x86_64
> 
> Things like the network and NFS do not come up due the fact the modules can not 
> be found... so things are not being installed correctly.... 
> 
> Google searching the error I see a number bugzillas that are being blissfully
> ignored... 
> 
> Just curious if anybody else has seen this error and what they did about it...

If you're feelign brave you could try: 
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=3594571

It works for me on the ppc64 systems I tried.

If it worls for you I'll add the patch to bug 124246

Yours Tony