Dan Voeks wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed Linux-Mandrake 6.0. I have two hard drives. hda has one
> partition - a dos/win95 partition. hdb has 3 partitions: hdb1 = /boot,
> hdb2 = swap, hdb3 = /
>
> When using linux, I boot from a floppy (the floppy I created during the
> mandrake install).
>
> Here's my problem: I was running into the "busy partition" message at
> shutdown time, which is documented on the Linux-Mandrake updates page. The
> fix is listed as follows:
>
> Solution: upgrade to
> initscripts-4.16-30mdk.i586.rpm and to
> kernel-2.2.9-27mdk.i586.rpm. An updated
> initscripts package is also
> available:
>
> rpm -Uvh initscripts-4.16-30mdk.i586.rpm
> rpm -ivh kernel-2.2.9-27mdk.i586.rpm
>
> Note: if you run in level 5, don't forget to set
> it again in /etc/inittab [just
> replace id:3:initdefault: by id:5:initdefault:]
> after initscripts upgrading!
>
> So, I downloaded the 2 rpms from the ftp site (actually I downloaded
> initscripts-4.16-31mdk.i586.rpm, but that shouldn't make any difference,
> I'm assuming, since it was the only initscripts rpm there). I entered in
> the two rpm command lines exactly as above. I modified my /etc/lilo.conf
> file to reflect the new kernel name. I modified /etc/inittab as suggested
> above.
>
> I then rebooted. But, to my shock and horror, when I rebooted, the kernel
> was still listed as version 2.2.9-19mdk. It hadn't upgraded!
>
> Then I thought that I probably had only changed the copy of the kernel on
> my hard drive, and since I boot off a floppy that I should just copy the
> new kernel to the floppy and change the lilo.conf file on the floppy.
>
> I did that and rebooted...but the kernel STILL hadn't changed.
>
> What am I doing wrong? How can I upgrade my kernel, and make a bootdisk to
> boot the kernel properly?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Dan
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> Dan Voeks
> DoIT Help Desk
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Run /sbin/lilo from a terminal.
John
