[TriLUG] Mandrake 9.2 kernel install clobbers grub config!?

[Jason Tower]

i just checked one of my mdk92 servers, unfortunately it is using lilo 
not grub.  but i'll be happy to send to the lilo config file if you 
want, at least you could install lilo and keep your system bootable.

jason

On Thursday 17 June 2004 01:06, Brian Weaver wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've had a box running Mandrake 9.2 that has been stable for a very
> long time. I went though the effort today to make sure that it's
> update mirror was current and then did a 'urpmi --auto-select' to
> upgrade the system.
>
> While I was at it I decided to install a more current kernel. I used
> the command 'urpmi kernel-2.4.22.32mdk-1-1mdk'. Everything appeared
> to go fine. Luckly for me I decided to see which kernel it would boot
> into the next time the system was restarted (93 days so far). That's
> when I noticed that ALL of my grub configuration files were missing!
>
> Does anyone know of any issues with installing a new kernel in
> Mandrake 9.2, or how to easily regenerate the missing grub files? I
> think I may have a tarball of the old files, but I'm not sure. This
> is the first time I've tried to upgrade a kernel on a Mandrake box.
> I've never had a problem on a RedHat system when I've performed a
> kernel upgrade.
>
> Any thoughts..... BTW I'm praying for no serious power failures until
> I can resolve this issue. Since this is my gateway box I would be cut
> off from the internet if goes down.
>
> -Weave