I hope you took my word and made a bootdisk
>From: "Johnson, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [newbie] Warning for newbies, learn from my mistake >Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 15:03:02 -0500 > >Just for fun, I decided to see what I had done to my machine. I was >running >-26 of the kernel and according the RPM manager, I had installed -34. > >When I reboot, I get: > >Loading LinuxEBDA too big > >and it stops there... > >You all were right! :-) > >-----Original Message----- >From: David .. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 11:20 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [newbie] Warning for newbies, learn from my mistake > > > >With the kernel you have to reboot for it to take effect. >Try this at the command line type in : uname -a >You'll see the current kernel that your using. > >Before you do reboot. Make sure you have a bootdisk and you have read the >steps I had to take. Because once you reboot, your not going anywhere until >you install the kernel the correct way. > > >From: "Johnson, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: [newbie] Warning for newbies, learn from my mistake > >Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 13:56:03 -0500 > > > >That's the beauty of Linux. I shouldn't HAVE to reboot...right? :-) > > > >Fortunately, it's only a machine for me to learn the OS on, so I don't >have > >a problem wiping and re-installing... > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: David .. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 10:52 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: [newbie] Warning for newbies, learn from my mistake > > > > > > > >Ah so you haven't rebooted eh. Go ahead, and reboot then come back to the > >list with your findings. I did the package install and it was fine for a > >few > > > >hours, after i did the reboot, then it took the new kernel and thats when > >the problems started. > > > > >From: "Johnson, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: RE: [newbie] Warning for newbies, learn from my mistake > > >Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 13:11:46 -0500 > > > > > >Hmm. I did this update some time ago via the package manager without > > >problem. System has not been rebooted since...I don't think that a > >blanket > > >DO NOT DO THIS is appropriate. Of course you must be very careful when > > >doing something as drastic as updating your kernel. Just make sure you > > >have > > >a way out planned before-hand! > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: David .. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > >Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 6:43 AM > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Subject: [newbie] Warning for newbies, learn from my mistake > > > > > > > > > > > >Just a warning to those who like using the Mandrakes Package Manager. > >When > > >your run the check for new security patches and you see the option to > > >update > > > > > >your kernel. DON'T! > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com
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