On Monday 15 March 2004 06:46 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: > > Not necessary unless you would like to experience the thrill of building > > your own kernel, in which case you will want to install the kernel-source > > package and then follow the various instructions. The kernel SRPM will > > only build the kernels exactly as you see them on the mirrors. > > I think I leave the source build for later. These are the steps I'll > follow. If something is screwed up, let me know. > > 1. Make sure my boot floppy works > 2. Add the following to /etc/lilo.conf > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk > label="linux-old" > root=/dev/hdb1 > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img > append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off" > vga=788 > read-only > ?? do I also have to run lilo to get the config to take ?? > 3. Install kernel-2.4.21.0.28mdk rpm > 4. reboot and...
Don't forget to rerun lilo to update the boot time choices, but this should work. You might want to reboot using the item you added to lilo.conf to make sure it works before you do the new kernel install. > ------ > Addendum to reply > ------ > I forgot to ask in the previous reply about the following 0.13 specific > symlinks in /boot > > config, kernel.h and System.map > > I did not see them referenced in lilo.conf. They will be updated when you boot into the new kernel. -- /g
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