On Friday 29 March 2002 17:56, Gregg C Levine wrote: > Hello from Gregg C Levine > I disagree most strongly. I have here, a Pentium 100Mhz based system, > running Linux, Slackware Pre-8.0 in fact. And each time I make up a new > kernel, with "make && make install", that series of steps copies that > one to the boot locations. In fact each time the system recommends using
Are you sure? Usually "make install" installs the bzImage on a Pentium system unless Slackware has patched the kernel. See arch/i386/Makefile. Regards, Alex > one of what you suggested, but I go ahead anyway, and use those series > of steps. So, something else is wrong with his setup. Which distribution > is it? > ------------------- > Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------ > "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi > "Use the Force, Luke." Obi-Wan Kenobi > (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) > (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda ) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf > > Of > > > Derrik Pates > > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:23 AM > > To: Bernd Prager > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: kernel upgrade doesn't work > > > > > ---- snip ----------- > > > Boot 'Red Hat Linux-new (2.4.18)' > > > root (hd0,0) > > > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18 ro root=/dev/hda6 > > > Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format > > > ---- snip ----------- > > > > How did you install the newly-constructed kernel? You should be > > copying > > > arch/i386/boot/zImage or arch/i386/boot/bzImage (depending on whether > > you made a zImage or bzImage). Don't try to copy and use the 'vmlinux' > > file that's in the main kernel source directory after the build - x86 > > systems can't be booted with that image (some other systems, like > > PowerPC, will use that uncompressed image file, but x86 is NOT one of > > those). > > > > -- > > Derrik Pates | Sysadmin, Douglas School | #linuxOS on > > EFnet > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | District (dsdk12.net) | #linuxOS on OPN > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bug-grub mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-grub mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub