grub-update doesn't - [SOLVED]

[Brian McKee]

A long long time ago, I can still remember...

I had a couple of hardy machines that were not updating grub to
include the new kernel, when kernel updates were installed.

I'm still not sure how I got them off the rails exactly, but this is a fix.

* Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and change the #howmany=all line to
something else like #howmany=3

* Now run grub-update, and it will ask you if you want the package
maintainers version or you version of /boot/grub/menu.lst
** Choose the package maintainers version!

It will *not* update changes you've made - e.g. I have console=tty12
and custom foreground/background colours - that stuff is maintained
and not overwriiten - but it adds the missing new kernel!

* Now go back and change howmany back to all and re-run grub-update.
The question won't appear and you're back on track.

Hope this helps somebody else some day.

Brian