[CentOS] Problem installing the 53.1.6 kernel

MHR
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:54:09 -0000

On top of my previously (just now) difficulties with yum, now I find that
the 53.1.6 kernel is not installing properly.

When I run "yum update" to install it, the install hangs here:

Dependencies Resolved

============================================================================
Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
============================================================================Installing:
 kernel                  x86_64     2.6.18-53.1.6.el5  updates            15
M

Transaction Summary
============================================================================Install
1 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 15 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/1): kernel-2.6.18-53.1 100% |=========================|  15 MB
03:26
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing: kernel                       ######################### [1/1]

If I kill this with ^C, it thinks it has installed the kernel, but the
kernel is not in my grub.conf.  Rpm also thinks it is installed.

I can remove it with rpm -e, but then rpm -ivh won't install it either.  It
also hangs, at the same point.

Here's what I see when I type ^C:

error: %post(kernel-2.6.18-53.1.6.el5.x86_64) scriptlet failed, signal 2

(Yes, I know, signal 2 is SIGINT, which is what ^C does.)

BUT rpm thinks it has installed the kernel even though the /boot partition
has not been updated and the grub.conf file also does not show it.

Any constructive assistance would be appreciated.

mhr
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