kernel-2.4.20-13.8.i686.rpm error

[Michael Mansour <micoots yahoo com>]

Hi,

I have a dedicated server in a remote location
(internationally) running RH8. I applied the following
kernel to fix the recently reported exploit, and got
the following error:

[root server up2date]# rpm -Uvh
kernel-2.4.20-13.8.i686.rpm
Preparing...               
########################################### [100%]
   1:kernel                
########################################### [100%]
grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template
grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template
Fatal: No images have been defined.

I then checked the local installed files and they
looked ok:

[root server up2date]# cat /etc/grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making
changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means
that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to
/boot/, eg.
#          root (hd0,0)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda5
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-13.8)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-13.8 ro root=LABEL=/
        initrd /initrd-2.4.20-13.8.img

[root server /]# ls -l boot
total 5001
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          512 May 20
18:56 boot.0300
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         5824 Sep  5 
2002 boot.b
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          612 Sep  5 
2002 chain.b
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        44753 May 12
18:36 config-2.4.20-13.8
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 May 26
08:23 grub
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       131763 May 26
08:23 initrd-2.4.20-13.8.img
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          473 May 20
18:42 kernel.h
drwx------    2 root     root        12288 May 20
18:37 lost+found
-rw-------    1 root     root        16896 May 26
08:23 map
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        23108 Sep  6 
2002 message
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        21282 Sep  6 
2002 message.ja
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           23 May 26
08:23 module-info -> module-info-2.4.20-13.8
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        15438 May 12
18:36 module-info-2.4.20-13.8
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          640 Sep  5 
2002 os2_d.b
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           22 May 26
08:23 System.map -> System.map-2.4.20-13.8
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       518689 May 12
18:36 System.map-2.4.20-13.8
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      3174975 May 12
18:36 vmlinux-2.4.20-13.8
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 May 26
08:23 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.4.20-13.8
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1117087 May 12
18:36 vmlinuz-2.4.20-13.8

Although I wasn't sure whether the machine was using
lilo or grub (the datacentre built a basic RH8 machine
for me which I then configured), I checked lilo.conf:

[root server /]# cat /etc/lilo.conf
prompt
timeout=50
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
message=/boot/message
lba32

>From these entries I assumed LILO wasn't being used.

After booting the box, the box no longer comes up.
Without local console access I also don't know what
wrong with it. I have raised an urgent call with the
server provider but they are very slow getting back to
me (it's been over 24hours already), so I thought I'd
ask here.

Any ideas what the error above means?

Thanks.

Michael.


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