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| Thread ID: 27160 | 2002-11-15 06:41:00 | Linux kernel choice? | Shroeder (492) | Press F1 |
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| 98777 | 2002-11-15 06:41:00 | Hi there Another newbie question. When I first installed RH 8.0 I didn't load either GRUB or LILO but chose to boot from floppy. Now I have loaded LILO but I get two choices of kernel (lilo.conf looks like this) boot=/dev/hda6 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message root=/dev/hda7 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 label="2.4.18-14" root=/dev/hda7 read-only initrd="/boot/initrd-2.4.18-14.img" image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-17.8.0 label="2.4.18-17.8.0" root=/dev/hda7 read-only initrd="/boot/initrd-2.4.18-17.8.0.img" image=/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage label="Linux_Compiled" root=/dev/hda7 read-only optional The third one gets ignored when I do a /sbin/lilo However, what is the 2.4.18-17.8.0 doing there? The only thing I can think of was I did an 'up2date' before loading LILO and part of the up2date was something to do with a kernel... Also, when I boot using the second one, kppp can't find the modem?? but when I use the first it doesn't appear to initialize my sym53c416 scsi card Boy am I confused... ?:| :o ?:| :o |
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| 98778 | 2002-11-16 02:04:00 | The first kernel is probably the one copied from your installation disks; the second (later build) will have been downleaded by up2date. The third one "should be" the result of a compilation on your machine... have you done that (to include the SCSI stuff)? If so, I'd copy it to /boot, and make an entry for it in /etc/lilo.conf . Then do /sbin/lilo, to update the boot sector. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 98779 | 2002-11-17 20:47:00 | Thanks Graham I'm not worried about the 'compiled' kernel, however, I struggle to understand why the later build (downloaded by up2date) will not find my modem? Could it have something to do with when I tried to get the scsi card recognised using isapnp tools? Could I have a conflict? If so, how do I find it and fix it? Ta |
Shroeder (492) | ||
| 98780 | 2002-11-18 04:02:00 | Check what is being seen at boot time ... "dmesg". Have a prowl through /proc ... the files there show interrupts, ioports, all to do with the system. A look at /var/log/messages (I usually use the "tail -20 /var/log/mesages" ... there are a lot of messages there ;-)) I suppose it's an internal modem :-( . I had trouble with my SCSI plotter as long as I allowed kudzu to run. That's the Linux answer to P&P. I think that you're better off without it. I"m happy to tell the system explicitly that I have added some hardware, or that I've removed it. I don't want the system deciding that something is not there for some reason. |
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