Hi, I experienced exactly the same when updating from 2.4.22-26 to 2.4.22-28. I searched the web and this list looking for answers and I found none. After several attepmts to run 'lilo' with different options (all unsuccessful with the same error message), I decided to be brave (I have a full back up of my system) and rebooted. To my surprise, all went well, but the system started with the old kernel. I guess this is because, as lilo failed, nothing was changed. So I think the links in /boot are used by LILO to update the boot loader, but the real paths to kernel, etc, are used in the boot loader. Then I entered 'lilo -v' (after changing all links in /boot to point to the new kernel), and this time there was no error. One more reboot and now I am running the latest kernel.
Pablo -------------------------------------------------------- Pablo Vitoria Garcia Dpto. Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) Aptdo. 644 48080 Bilbao (Bizkaia) Tfno. 94 6015992 Fax. 94 4648500 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Lawrence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 12:41 PM Subject: [newbie] Kernel update woes | On advice from Mandrake Expert I have just installed the 2.4.22-28 kernel to | replace the 2.4.22-10 supplied with Mandrake 9.2 ProSuite. | When the RPM installed via urpmi an error occurred at the /sbin/lilo stage: | error regenerating lilo | The lilo.conf looked OK so I ran /sbin/lilo again and it returned | Fatal: volid read error. | | Anybody know what that means? It could be a disk corruption I suppose, | something in the MBR sector, so I should be worried right? I cannot risk a | reboot with things the way they are because several links in /boot | have been reassigned in the direction of the new kernel, which would probably | lead to a kernel panic. The next stage would be to try and restore the old | links. | | -- | Len Lawrence | ---------------------------------------------------------- | There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum. | -- Arthur C. Clarke | ---------------------------------------------------------- | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- | ____________________________________________________ | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com | Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com | ____________________________________________________ |
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