Re: New Kernel install

1999-04-18 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sat, Apr 17, 1999 at 02:07:14PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If all this is correct so far, what's the point in running lilo to update it? Because LILO makes reference to the absolute location on disk of the vmlinuz file (at the far end of the symlink) in the boot code it writes out. Chang

Re: New Kernel install (II)

1999-04-17 Thread homega
Thanks everyone, I got lilo dual booting the two kernels. I'm having some trouble since the new kernel does not recognize hdd as a block device, and therefore I can't mount my iomega zip drive. I've checked both /boot/config-2.0.35 and /boot/config-2.0.34, and this might be the cause: # CONFIG_B

Re: New Kernel install (II)

1999-04-17 Thread Alan Tam
Hi, cd to /etc to edit the file lilo.conf as original lilo.conf === boot=/dev/hdxn where x = hard disk a or b; n = partition number 1, 2, 3 etc (could be boot=/dev/hda if you have written the master boot record (MBR) during your initial install

Re: New Kernel install (II)

1999-04-17 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: New Kernel install (II) Date: Sat, Apr 17, 1999 at 02:15:55PM +0200 In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I believe it's possible to maintain both kernel and have a dual boot (eg. one > for kernel-2.0.34 and another

Re: New Kernel install

1999-04-17 Thread John Foster
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It seems I've finally succeeded into compiling the kernel successfully (cross > fingers). Now, for installation, I have to: > > # cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.35 > # cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map-2.0.35 --

New Kernel install (II)

1999-04-17 Thread homega
I believe it's possible to maintain both kernel and have a dual boot (eg. one for kernel-2.0.34 and another for kernel-2.0.35)... how do I go about this with lilo? TIAYA Horacio -- Claves - GnuPG/PGP - Keys : http://www.rediris.es/cert/keyserver o/or Envía un mensaje vacío a [EMAIL PROTECTED] co

New Kernel install

1999-04-17 Thread homega
It seems I've finally succeeded into compiling the kernel successfully (cross fingers). Now, for installation, I have to: # cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.35 # cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map-2.0.35 # cp /usr/src/linux/.config /boot/config-2.0.35 Next, r