On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Ray Olszewski wrote: > > Part of this is right and part of it wrong. Or maybe wrong: you don't > mention what bootloader you are using, so I'm guessing it is lilo, which is > the most common. > Nope, loadlin. I should have mentioned that.
> BTW, an alternative to renaming the old and new kernels is editing > /etc/lilo.conf so it has the name of the new kernel as the default to boot. > You can then add a stanza for your old kernel to have it as a fallback. > I see that the same can be done with loadlin (specify the name of the kernel you want to boot with). I'll try that, rather than renaming, as suggested. > Also BTW, you don't mention what you are doing about modules. Assuming you > use any, you want to be sure you get the modules directory set up properly. > I hadn't thought of that, but it's a good point. I'm assuming that, since this is the same kernel version with only a slight security tweak added, the modules I'm currently using will continue to work. I sure hope so. Thanks, James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
