On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> I have just purchased the Mandrake 6.5 with Linux Ver 2.2.13-4mdk ..
> everything seems to work okay except when I try to boot with a newly
> compiled kernel.
>
> I did a configuration (make config)
>
> then
>
> make dep clean zlilo modules modules_install
>
> then
>
> copied the new compresed kernel, System.map to the /boot directory
> after renaming the original.. as an extra precaution I made a floppy from
> the new image (dd if=/boot/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0)
>
> edited lilo to add the new kernel (ie)
>
> an extra image=/boot/vmlinuz (etc)
> keeping the original inplace..now have 2 - linux and linux2
>
> here's the problem
>
> no matter how I try to boot from the new image i can't
>
> after loading and uncompressing the kernel image i get a constant string of
>
> KMOD: Failed to load /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-646c, errno 8
>
> or something to that effect.. (it screams by in a continual steam too fast
> to read)
>
> any suggestions?
>
> thanks tom
This may be a silly question but did you do a /sbin/lilo to tell Lilo that
you had changed the lilo config?
you alos have to do a depmod -a
