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| Thread ID: 46918 | 2004-07-09 13:53:00 | 2.6 Kernel installed but boots 2.4.24-x1 (attn: chill?) | Ashley Matthews (550) | Press F1 |
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| 251071 | 2004-07-09 13:53:00 | Hey, I managed to install the new kernel (i think) by running xandros networks and having it install a file named kernel-image-2.6.6-1-686_2.6.6-1_i386.deb. That went without a hitch, although I did have to download some other files like initrd-tools etc. However when I reboot it still boots me into xandros running the 2.4.24-x1 (as seen in control centre). I suspect that this is a problem with my lilo.conf file, so it is posted below. boot=/dev/hda install=/boot/cboot.b message=/boot/splash.lilo timeout=300 map=/boot/map prompt fix-table lba32 read-only disk=/dev/hda bios=0x80 image=/vmlinuz label=Safe_Video_Mode vga=0xf04 root=/dev/hda7 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.6-1-686.gz append="3 rw acpi=on " image=/vmlinuz label={}ure_(Expert) vga=normal root=/dev/hda7 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.6-1-686.gz append="single rw acpi=on " other=/dev/hda1 label=W<>®_XP This is what it was before the install boot=/dev/hda install=/boot/cboot.b message=/boot/splash.lilo timeout=300 map=/boot/map prompt fix-table lba32 read-only disk=/dev/hda bios=0x80 image=/vmlinuz label=[]s_Desktop_2.0 vga=0xf04 root=/dev/hda7 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.24-x1.gz append="rw acpi=on " image=/vmlinuz label=Safe_Video_Mode vga=0xf04 root=/dev/hda7 initrd=/initrd.img initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.24-x1.gz append="3 rw acpi=on " image=/vmlinuz label={}ure_(Expert) vga=normal root=/dev/hda7 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.24-x1.gz append="single rw acpi=on " other=/dev/hda1 label=W<>®_XP I dont seem to have a file called initrd-2.6.6-1-686.tar.gz, but i do have one called initrd-2.6.6-1-686.? Any ideas? |
Ashley Matthews (550) | ||
| 251072 | 2004-07-09 22:57:00 | In a terminal window type uname -a to find out exactly what kernel version you are running. It should confirm that it is the same as what you found in Control. | Susan B (19) | ||
| 251073 | 2004-07-10 01:14:00 | Ok, any ideas what i can do about it? | Ashley Matthews (550) | ||
| 251074 | 2004-07-10 03:56:00 | Each OS/version needs its own section in lilo.conf. Each section starts with an image= ... line and has various bits of information, such as the kernel, the initrd file, and any special options. man lilo.conf will help. ;-) You are getting the old kernel, because the image file is given as "/vmlinuz" that's probably a soft link to the old kernel. ls -l /vmlinuz will confirm this. Change the line to point explicitly to your new kernel file. Try changing the initrd= line to have the actual filename of your initrd file, without the gz extension. It should accept a non-compressed file, though you could use gzip on it. ;-) I would definitely copy the last linux section (changing the label so it differs from the new one) of your previous lilo.conf file to give you a fallback to the old system. That's quicker than a reinstall when it all goes pearshaped. And of course, you did run lilo after the changes to lilo.conf? :D |
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