Re: Can't install kernel 2.6.5-1.435.2.3

["Erik P. Olsen" <erik epo dk>]

On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 10:05, Satish Balay wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, Erik P. Olsen wrote:
> 
> > I have tried to install subject kernel on FC2 using up2date. It
> > apparently seems to install successfully because no error message or
> > warning has been issued, but when you boot there is no mention of this
> > kernel.
> >
> > grub.conf has NOT been updated and the corresponding
> > initrd-2.6.5-1.435.2.3.img is missing.
> >
> > The only modification to the boot process has been a change to the
> > timeout value (for selecting kernel at boot) to 0 (zero).
> >
> > Is this a known bug?
> 
> 
> Try uninstalling/reinstalling the kernel manually (with rpm) - and
> look for the error messages during install.

Tried that and got:

[root epo kernels]# rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.6-1.435.2.3.i686.rpm
Preparing...                ###########################################
[100%]
   1:kernel                 ###########################################
[100%]
/sbin/mkinitrd: line 294: /sbin/nash: No such file or directory
/sbin/mkinitrd: line 294: /sbin/nash: No such file or directory
/sbin/mkinitrd: line 294: /sbin/nash: No such file or directory
/sbin/mkinitrd: line 294: /sbin/nash: No such file or directory
no temporary directory could be found
mkinitrd failed
[root epo kernels]#

/sbin/nash is a link to /sbin/nash-i386 which is not on the system.
What's in this file and how can I recreate it?

Thanks,
-- 
Erik P. Olsen