On Fri, 2002-02-22 at 19:50, Ralph Brown wrote:
> After downloading the latest kernel upgrade for my Mandrake 8.1 laptop
> install,
> I can not boot. When i do boot, i get the following;
>
> Linux Loading ...........
>
> thats it??!! Its as if grub (??) was edited and now lilo can't find
> vmlinuz?
>
> I can't use my boot floppy...i get a kernel panic error.
>
> Any suggestions on how i can boot so i can edit lilo and/or grub?
>
> thanks in advance
> Ralph
>
Ralph,
The easiest way for you to recover from this is to get your hands on
some 8.2beta CD's and use the bootloader recovery utility. baring this
possibility you should do a mock install and "not" an upgrade. go
through the normal install routine being careful "not" to change your
partition layout and "not" to format anything. You also want be sure to
choose "no" packages. Your previously entered information will remain in
tact, while you may have to reenter your root password, reinstall your
boot loader and also remake your boot floppy.
now, in order to update your kernel you will have to download the latest
2.4.17 kernel packags from cooker, place them in a directory by
themselves and issue this command:
rpm -Uvh --test kernel*.rpm
If the test runs error free then remove the --test argument from the
command and rerun the command. This will install your new kernel. You
will then have to run lilo from the command line thusly:
/sbin/lilo
This will refresh lilo with the new kernel entry. You will notice that
there is an entry for your old kernel, as well as your new one. This is
fine and quite normal.
Now, it has been stated by Tom Brinkman, one far more learned in the
ways of Linux than I, that when updating, (read installing) the latest
kernel that one should also install the latest version of glibc as well.
This is because the kernel headers are integrated now with glibc. So,
while you're getting the kernel packages from cooker be sure to grab the
glibc packages as well. BEFORE installing them be sure to use the --test
argument to make sure you've got everything glibc needs. and use -Uvh to
install these packages.
After this you'll be running quite happily. As an aside though I'm
running the 2.4.17 kernel at home that I got from the cooker mirror and
I haven't yet updated by installation of glibc per Tom's suggestion and
haven't experienced any bad side effects. But, that is not to say that I
won't. I have a feeling that, that will come back to bite me in the arse
though if I don't get it done soon. Actually I've been holding off
trying to decide whether I want to update the entire installation from
8.1 to 8.2. My system is heavily configured and I'm a lazy programmer
and don't want to have to go through all that work again. :P
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