----- Original Message -----
From: Don Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 1:18 PM
Subject: [newbie] oh crap!!!!!!!!!!!
> ok, now I'm screwed. I tried to upgrade my 2.2.9-19mdk kernel to
2.2.9-27mdk
> I did this by typing rpm -Uvh packagename for each of the 4 main kernel
> packages (kernel, kernel-headers, kernel-pcmcia, kernel-source) and for
the
> initscripts package. I didn't update lilo, for my own experimental
reasons.
>
> what I got was a pc that wouldn't boot - when lilo tried to boot the old
kernel
> (which I presumed I still had) it would lock up immediately. So I booted
from
> my backup boot floppy, no prob. I tried correcting the lilo.conf file to
boot
> the new kernel (I found that most of the old kernel files were now gone
from my
> /boot folder, although I had the impression they would still be there in
case
> my new kernel wouldn't boot). when I rebooted I still got the same
problem -
> locked up as soon as it said the word "linux" under the lilo prompt. So I
> booted from floppy again. Now I mounted the cd-rom and did the
following - I
> removed the new (.27) kernel files by uninstalling them with rpm, and I
> reinstalled the old (.19) kernel files from the cd-rom. when I rebooted
(after
> re-editing my lilo.conf file to boot the .19 kernel once again) I can now
boot
> and run just fine, as you can see.
>
> Now, how the hell do I get the 2.2.9-27 kernel running on my stupid system
now
> that I've returned to my old kernel again?
>
> I know there's been lots about this already, but I followed step by step
what I
> was supposed to do and it wouldn't run. why? do I need to install the
> kernelcfg-0.5.6mdk package as well? did I miss something?
>
>
> Don
>
I did the same thing before it was addressed, so don't feel too bad. You
need to 'rpm -ivh' (not -Uvh) the kernel packages. That way, if you do have
a problem with the new kernel, you can still boot with the old one.
Manny Styles
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
---
"If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either." - Dick
Cavett
________________________________________________________
NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you?
Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at
http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
