I know I am being dense, but if I just point to a different kernel using lilo,
how do I get past the module dependencies? It seems to me like I have deleted
the old modules during the kernel compile. How do you get around this?
Phil
(feeling stupid)
On 16-Apr-98 Tom Diehl wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Vidiot wrote:
>> I thinking of bringing up the 2.1.96 kernel.
>>
>> Has anyone set up Redhat so that a good/working 2.0.32 kernel and all of its
>> stuff is available for use in case something goes wrong with a newer kernel?
>>
>> I suspect that the best thing would be to have a separate partition that is
>> bootable from LILO, with the good distribution bootable as well.
>
> Sounds like too much work to be useful. :) Why not just have multiple kernels
> that you choose which one to boot from the lilo prompt. For example
> in addition to having choices like linux dos windoze etc. Set up linux-2.0.33
> linux-2.1.96 etc. Lilo does this easially. IIRC the newer programs
> required for 2.1.x are backwards compatiable.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> ......Tom "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] for you are crunchy and good with ketchup."
>
> Unix IS user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends
> are.
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