On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 08:36:01PM -0800, J Y wrote: > Hello, I booted from the floppy, and I found (with uname -r) that my > computer is running the 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel (vmlinuz) with > initrd.img-2.4.18-k7. There is no other initrd in boot so it has to be > the k7. I have an athlon cpu and chose the k7 kernel during install. > Somehow though I'm running the bf2.4. I can change the grub listed to > reflect that. Or I could try to get the k7 kernel to work. What's the > right way and is there something weird/wrong about having these two > different listings for boot? Also the vga=791 line blanks out the start > up, booting messages. It works in SuSE and slack but not Debian.
I've never used "vga-791". If you change "vga=791" to "vga=ask", you should get a menu of video modes you can choose from. The 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel is primarily intended to be used as the initial installation kernel. As far as I know, it does not use initrd. If it works for you, and you don't need other drivers that are not included with it, you don't need to change it. 2.4.18-k7 is optimized for your athlon cpu. It also has additional drivers, which you may or may not need, that the 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel does not have. The stock debian kernel-image 2.4.18-k7 needs initrd.img-2.4.18-k7. The kernel-image and initrd.img files are too large to fit on a floppy. So if you are booting from a floppy, you will need to use 2.4.18-bf2.4. If you want to use the stock 2.4.18-k7, you will need to set up grub to boot it from your hard disc. If 2.4.18-bf2.4 works fine for you, you could try to recompile it with athlon optimization turned on. > > Quoting "Jerome R. Acks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 07:56:37PM -0800, J Y wrote: > > > > > > > > grub> > > > find /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-k7 > > > (hd1,4) > > > > > grub> > > > find /boot/initrd.img-2.4.18-k7 > > > (hd1,4) > > > > > > > > > for Debian/GNU put this for your menu.lst: > > > > title Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, kernel 2.4.18-k7 > > root (hd1,4) > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-k7 root=/dev/hdb5 hdd=ide-scsi vga=791 > > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.18-k7 > > boot > > > > title Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, kernel 2.4.18-k7 (recovery mode) > > root (hd1,4) > > kernel /boot/initrd.img-2.4.18-k7 root=/dev/hdb5 hdd=ide-scsi > > vga=7> 91 single > > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.18-k7 > > boot > > > > > ***Protect your PC from local E-Mail Application security holes*** > ***Maintain your Privacy - MS Passport Free*** > ***Anti SPAM "Whitelist" feature*** > > http://www.x-mail.net Web Based E-Mail, accessible anywhere > > Voice Messages, Voice Calls (VoIP), Video Conferencing, Live Chat, > X-Mail Messenger, Personal Web Hosting, 128 bit SSL Secure, > Calendar, Bookmarks, Forwarding, Virtual Mail Map Aliasing > > X-Mail Premium: 20MB Messages, 100MB Storage, SMTP, POP3, Ad Free > Anonymous Web Surfing http://www.snoopblocker.com > Search http://www.teradex.com > > > > -- Jerome
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