grubby fatal error

[Kevin Martin]

On 11/09/2011 04:27 AM, Scott van Looy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I know it's not fully supported n stuff, but I upgraded from F15 to F16 and noticed an error during installation of the kernel.
>
> So I haven't restarted, I removed the kernel and reinstalled it again and I still get this error:
>
> Package(s) data still to download: 24 M
> kernel-3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64.rpm                                                                                                              |  24 MB     00:04     
> Running Transaction Check
> Running Transaction Test
> Transaction Test Succeeded
> Running Transaction
>   Installing : kernel-3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64                                                                                                                      1/1 
> grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template
> Non-fatal POSTTRANS scriptlet failure in rpm package kernel-3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64
>
> Installed:
>   kernel.x86_64 0:3.1.0-7.fc16                                                                                                                                     
>
> Complete!
>
>
> Is it really non fatal?
>
> I can see it's been added to /boot/grub/grub.conf
>
> title Fedora (3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-3.1.0-7.fc16.x86_64 ro root=LABEL=/ vga=791 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=uk
> title Fedora (2.6.40.4-5.fc15.x86_64)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.40.4-5.fc15.x86_64 ro root=LABEL=/ vga=791 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=uk
>         initrd /initramfs-2.6.40.4-5.fc15.x86_64.img
>
> However, I'm a little concerned as there appears to be no initramfs - should there be?
>
> Any pointers'd be helpful :)
There's a bugzilla about this.  It's supposed to be updated/fixed soon.  In the meantime, try a "grubs-install --recheck /dev/sda"
(whatever your boot drive is)...that seems to fix the problem for me in rawhide.

Kevin