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From: "Rik Osborne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 18:24:48 -0700
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RedHat 6.0 upgrade difficulties
>
> > I'm attempting to upgrade from RedHat 5.2 to 6.0, off a CD from CheapBytes.
> Not having much luck.
>
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> Back at the login screen, I notice something:
>
> RedHat Linux 6.0 (Hedwig)
> Kernel 2.0.36 on an i586
>
> Now wait a minute... shouldn't that say "Kernel 2.2.5"?
>
> I suspect this is the source of much of my trouble. I've verified that the
> installer _is indeed_ installing Kernel 2.2.5. Am I missing some important
> step? Do I need to reconfigure something to get it to use the proper kernel?
> Do I need to go in and manually delete the old kernel?
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated - even if someone can just tell
> me where to look for help with this.
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While you may have wiped your partitions clean, your MBR is still booting your old
kernel. You'll have to run /sbin/lilo
You might also edit lilo.conf to make sure your new kernel is the default one loaded.
That should fix things ;o)
Mike
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