update manager refuses to upgrade kernel to newer version

[Spyros Tsiolis]

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> On Sun, 14/2/16, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> 
>  Subject: Re: Fw: Re: update manager refuses to upgrade kernel to newer version
>  To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>  Date: Sunday, 14 February, 2016, 19:12
>  
>  hi,
>  Am
>  Sonntag, den 14.02.2016, 16:41 +0000 schrieb Spyros
>  Tsiolis:
>  
>  /tftpboot/ubu1204i386_diskless/
>  
>  aha, so your NFS root lives shared underneath
>  the tftp dir, thats good
>  and saves you from
>  having to copy anything ...
 

Yes ! Sorry, you've asked too many times and forgot to mention.. . . . .



>  what does:
>   ls -l /tftpboot/ubu1204i386_diskless/boot/
>  
>  return ? 


root at tcsrv:~# ls -l /var/tftpboot/ubu1204x86diskless/boot/
total 112648
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1169477 Oct  8 13:58 abi-3.13.0-66-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1169477 Nov  6 21:14 abi-3.13.0-68-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1169551 Dec 18 13:31 abi-3.13.0-74-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1169551 Jan 19 13:58 abi-3.13.0-76-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1169494 Jan 20 21:21 abi-3.13.0-77-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   169842 Oct  8 13:58 config-3.13.0-66-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   169842 Nov  6 21:14 config-3.13.0-68-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   169842 Dec 18 13:31 config-3.13.0-74-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   169842 Jan 19 13:58 config-3.13.0-76-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   169997 Jan 20 21:21 config-3.13.0-77-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     4096 Feb 12 19:30 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12885836 Oct 21 11:13 initrd.img-3.13.0-66-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12887685 Nov 23 14:56 initrd.img-3.13.0-68-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12887191 Jan  6 13:36 initrd.img-3.13.0-74-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12887281 Jan 20 13:18 initrd.img-3.13.0-76-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12890705 Feb 12 19:32 initrd.img-3.13.0-77-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   176764 Nov 27  2011 memtest86+.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   178944 Nov 27  2011 memtest86+_multiboot.bin
-rw------- 1 root root  2812858 Oct  8 13:58 System.map-3.13.0-66-generic
-rw------- 1 root root  2812884 Nov  6 21:14 System.map-3.13.0-68-generic
-rw------- 1 root root  2813335 Dec 18 13:31 System.map-3.13.0-74-generic
-rw------- 1 root root  2813335 Jan 19 13:58 System.map-3.13.0-76-generic
-rw------- 1 root root  2813346 Jan 20 21:21 System.map-3.13.0-77-generic
-rw------- 1 root root  5944176 Oct  8 13:58 vmlinuz-3.13.0-66-generic
-rw------- 1 root root  5944976 Nov  6 21:14 vmlinuz-3.13.0-68-generic
-rw------- 1 root root  5948272 Dec 18 13:31 vmlinuz-3.13.0-74-generic
-rw------- 1 root root  5948560 Jan 19 13:58 vmlinuz-3.13.0-76-generic
-rw------- 1 root root  5948752 Jan 20 21:21 vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic

BTW, the system uses NONE OF THE ABOVE KERNELS but is using
*-3.13.0-46-generic"


>  ... also your
>  pxelinux.cfg/default file would be interesting to see


I don't think you're asking for "pxelinux.cfg/default" but 
"01-00-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX" according to each nodes MAC
Address. If this is the case, this is for NODE with MAC
"01-00-0f-1f-e9-30-b4" :


-------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEFAULT menu.c32
PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 100
MENU TITLE Corfu Sunspots THIN CLIENTS Menu
ONTIMEOUT default

#
#
#

LABEL default
        KERNEL ubu1204x86diskless_boot/vmlinuz
        APPEND vga=normal initrd=ubu1204x86diskless_boot/initrd.img root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=192.168.0.1:/var/tftpboot/ubu120
4x86diskless ip=dhcp rw
-------------------------------------------------------------------------



> 
>  ciao
>     
>  oli


Regards,

spyros