grub screwed up

[James Pifer]

On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 11:25, Otto Haliburton wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> > bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of James Pifer
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 7:56 AM
> > To: RedHat List
> > Subject: grub screwed up
> > 
> > I have a couple redhat 9 systems where grub is installed but not working
> > as I'm used to. On a system I installed a new kernel using apt. When I
> > rebooted I was not given the option for that kernel, only the original
> > one. I went to modify /boot/grub/grub.conf and found there was no grub
> > directory under /boot.
> > 
> > I reinstalled grub but /boot/grub was still empty. I have another RH9
> > system and tried to manually get it working. Of course that didn't work.
> > Any suggestions on how to fix the situation?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > James
> in redhat there is a link to grub.conf in /etc.  see where that link is
> pointing too.  That will solve your  problem.
> 
> 

It's pointing to where it should point(I think) ../boot/grub/grub.conf
which looks like:
# 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/hda3
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-35.9)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-35.9 ro root=LABEL=/
        initrd /initrd-2.4.20-35.9.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-31.9)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-31.9 ro root=LABEL=/
        initrd /initrd-2.4.20-31.9.img

On boot when I get the menu all I see is the kernel for 2.4.20.31.9. I
don't have the option for the other one. 

James