grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template

[Don Zickus]

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

My experience with the upgrading to F16 was the new grub2 was causing the
problems.  However, the way the install scripts were written, they update
both grub.conf (grub1) and grub2.cfg (grub2).  grub.conf is updated
correctly, it is just the grub2.cfg isn't (in fact it is empty, hence the
warning).  Because my system still uses grub1 in the bootloader (not sure
how to force it to use grub2), everything boots fine for me (for now :-/
).  So I just ignore the warning.

> 
> 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.... 

This I noticed on my one box is because systemd starts network and NFS in
parallel and NFS finishes ahead (and fails) of a fully configured network.
After I log in, usually a 'mount -a' fixes my NFS woes (though it is
annoying).  It would be nice to tell NFS to block until the network is up.

That is my experiences so far with the same problems you have.  I should
probably file bugzilla, then again you said others have already done that.

Cheers,
Don