On Tuesday 16 March 2004 09:50 am, Greg Meyer wrote: > 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.
Gerg, So far as I can tell, the 0.28 install went well. Now I can try to install updated ATI video drivers, which is why I had to go to 0.28. Thanks for your help! mike
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