new kernel but doesn't show up in grub at system boot

[Jonathan Berry]

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 22:24:06 -0500, Jim <lawrence.jim at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 19:04:37 -0800, Rich Burroughs <rich at paranoid.org> wrote:
> > Jim wrote:
> > > well have a new problem,
> > > got all updated   yeah!!!!  :) :) :)
> > > now i have 2 kernels installed,   cool so i rebooted, to "Test" the
> > > new kernel, but it isn't showing up in the list of   Operating systems
> > > i can boot into ...
> > > What gives now???
> >
> > Is it in your grub.conf? You probably just need to add an entry for it
> > there and then run grub-install. The grub files are usually all under /boot.
> >
> > Rich
> >
> > --
> 
> under the /boot folder yes the kernel is listed,,,  but the grub.conf
> i do a  search for
> and isn't found

You can get at your grub.conf in either the /boot/grub/ or /etc/
directories.  Or if you prefer, you can edit it as /boot/grub/menu.lst
 They are all the same file.  Edit it and see if there are entries for
each of the kernels.  Also, are you seeing the list of entries?  FC3
defaults to a "hiddenmenu" view that hides all the entries until you
hit a key.  FC3 also defaults to booting the newest kernel that was
install (which is annoying if you don't boot Fedora by default).  If
you installed the kernel update, then it should create an entry.  If
not, just copy the old one and change the numbers around to point to
the new one.
Oh, please note: there is no need to run grub-install (as Rich said)
if grub is working, ie if grub loads.  Changes to grub.conf do not
require a reinstall.

Jonathan