Re: Can't install kernel 2.6.5-1.435.2.3

[Satish Balay <balay fastmail fm>]

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> > > > 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?

I encountered the same problem. I'm not sure how the /sbin/nash-i386
link came into being. I worked arround it with reinstalling mkinitrd
rpm

rpm --replacepkgs -Uvh mkinitrd...rpm

Satish