kernel="$2"
initrd="$3"
-# Look for the kernel first. This is very unsophisticated: We
-# just look for any kernel named vmlinuz-*.$host_cpu which has a
-# corresponding /lib/modules/*.$host_cpu directory.
+# Kernel:
+# Look for the most recent kernel named vmlinuz-*.<arch>* which has a
+# corresponding directory in /lib/modules/. If the architecture is x86, look
+# for any x86 kernel.
+#
+# RHEL 5 didn't append the arch to the kernel name, so look for kernels
+# without arch second.
-for f in /boot/vmlinuz-*.@host_cpu@; do
+arch=$(echo "@host_cpu@" | sed 's/^i.86$/i?86/')
+kernels=$(ls -1vr /boot/vmlinuz-*.$arch* 2>/dev/null | grep -v xen; ls -1vr /boot/vmlinuz-* 2>/dev/null | grep -v xen)
+for f in $kernels; do
b=$(basename "$f")
b=$(echo "$b" | sed 's,vmlinuz-,,')
modpath="/lib/modules/$b"
if [ -d "$modpath" ]; then
- ln -sf "$f" "$kernel"
- break
+ ln -sf "$f" "$kernel"
+ break
fi
modpath=
done