cpcug:/proc# apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-1-k Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: kernel-image-2.4.18-1-k6 kernel-image-2.4.18-1-k7 The following NEW packages will be installed: kernel-image-2.4.18-1-k6 kernel-image-2.4.18-1-k7 0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 17.5MB of archives. After unpacking 48.0MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version 2.4.18-1-k6) This will not work unless you have configured your boot loader to use initrd. (An initrd image is a kernel image that expects to use an INITial Ram Disk to mount a minimal root file system into RAM and use that for booting). As a reminder, in order to configure lilo, you need to add an 'initrd=/initrd.img' to the image=/vmlinuz stanza of your /etc/lilo.conf I repeat, You need to configure your boot loader. If you have already done so, and you wish to get rid of this message, please put `do_initrd = Yes' in /etc/kernel-img.conf. Note that this is optional, but if you do not, you'll contitnue to see this message whenever you install a kernel image using initrd. Do you want to stop now? [Y/n]
So,
1. I need to find out if my initrd kernel image will use initrd. How do I find out?
2. Do I just add 'initrd=/initrd.img to /etc/lilo.conf after the line image=/vmlinuz?
3. I have no file /etc/kernel-img.conf
You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version 2.4.18-1-k7) This will not work unless you have configured your boot loader to use initrd. (An initrd image is a kernel image that expects to use an INITial Ram Disk to mount a minimal root file system into RAM and use that for booting). As a reminder, in order to configure lilo, you need to add an 'initrd=/initrd.img' to the image=/vmlinuz stanza of your /etc/lilo.conf I repeat, You need to configure your boot loader. If you have already done so, and you wish to get rid of this message, please put `do_initrd = Yes' in /etc/kernel-img.conf. Note that this is optional, but if you do not, you'll contitnue to see this message whenever you install a kernel image using initrd. Do you want to stop now? [Y/n]
This appears to be a duplicate of the previous one. So no needs to repeat the questions.
Thanks for everyone's help. I've never updated a Kernel before.
(BTW, for those curious, the reason for the Kernel update is so I can use shorewall, which does not appear to be 2.22 compliant.)
Scott Mohnkern
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