Gael Duval wrote: > So I followed the (Red Hat) same instructions I followed to recompile > mandrake : make mrproper - make xconfig - make dep - make clean - . On > make boot the system suggested to me "make bzImage" so I did. Afterthat > : make modules - renaming the lib/modules directory - > make_modules_install - renaming the old kernel and copying the new one. > After I modified lilo.conf the hour arrived : boot. Did you run /sbin/lilo after modifying /etc/lilo.conf? > On booting : " LILO boot: - Loading linux - No setup signature found " > and all stopped to run. Forgetting to reinstall the boot record would certainly cause this problem. > With the floppy boot : " Warning: unable to open an initial console - > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel ". (To > pass something to the init program is far away my capabilities...) > Now, I'm into the panic : suggestions ? Try passing "linux single" or "linux root=<root_partition>" (where <root_partition> is something like /dev/hda1, /dev/hdb2, etc.) with the boot floppy. After you get Linux running again, the first thing you'll want to do is run /sbin/lilo to reinstall the boot record. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]