Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade problem
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well you don't update newer kernels, you _install_ them. Download and rpm -ivh kernelname The name is different so it will install alongside the older kernel and be bootable. Updating usually leaves you with a new kernel and modules compiled for an older one, which is a sad situation. Yeah, I know that. But basically, if I succeed in installing my new kernel-2.4.18 over my default kernel-2.4.8 of Mandrake 8.1, it would also be called an upgrade 'cause I won't use my old kernel anymore. Going back with my problem, anybody knows how to upgrade a newer kernel version using XFS (/usr, /home, /etc, /opt, etc...) and ext2 (/boot and /) filesystems and would you mind to give me your how-to's? Thank you in advance. God bless you all... __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade problem
SNIP Going back with my problem, anybody knows how to upgrade a newer kernel version using XFS (/usr, /home, /etc, /opt, etc...) and ext2 (/boot and /) filesystems and would you mind to give me your how-to's? Well if it is any use to you. All my partitions are XFS, and I did not have to do anything special when installing new kernels. It just works... derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade problem
and you might try a few diferent kernels, it may simply be that one of those kernels doesn't match your system in some way. i myself have 4 kernels installed but one of them refuses to boot. On Tuesday 19 March 2002 10:27, Derek Jennings opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: SNIP Going back with my problem, anybody knows how to upgrade a newer kernel version using XFS (/usr, /home, /etc, /opt, etc...) and ext2 (/boot and /) filesystems and would you mind to give me your how-to's? Well if it is any use to you. All my partitions are XFS, and I did not have to do anything special when installing new kernels. It just works... derek -- The box said 'Requires Windows 95 or better.' So I installed LINUX shane Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 Mandrake Users Club Member http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/club/ Registered linux user #101606 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kernel upgrade problem
Hello Linux gurus, I've been trying to upgrade my default kernel-2.4.8 of my Mandrake 8.1 to a newer version but with no luck. I don't know what's the matter that everytime I installed a newer kernel version, I can't boot from it. I am using XFS for my /usr, /home, /tmp, /opt, etc. and ext2 for my /boot and / partitions. Anybody knows how to upgrade a newer kernel version using XFS and ext2 filesystems and give me their how-to's? Thank you in advance. Just a newbie... __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade problem
Mandrake Newbie wrote: Hello Linux gurus, I've been trying to upgrade my default kernel-2.4.8 of my Mandrake 8.1 to a newer version but with no luck. I don't know what's the matter that everytime I installed a newer kernel version, I can't boot from it. I am using XFS for my /usr, /home, /tmp, /opt, etc. and ext2 for my /boot and / partitions. Anybody knows how to upgrade a newer kernel version using XFS and ext2 filesystems and give me their how-to's? Thank you in advance. Just a newbie... __ www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Well you don't update newer kernels, you _install_ them. Download and rpm -ivh kernelname The name is different so it will install alongside the older kernel and be bootable. Updating usually leaves you with a new kernel and modules compiled for an older one, which is a sad situation. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kernel Upgrade Problem
Hi all, After the kernel upgrading using kernel-2.4.34.mdk.rpm file, I can't start the system. I initialized the computer with a boot disk. I looked in the directory /boot and I didn't find any file vmlinuz. How can I correct this problem? Thank you, Lúcio Costa ___ Yahoo! GeoCities Tenha seu lugar na Web. Construa hoje mesmo sua home page no Yahoo! GeoCities. É fácil e grátis! http://br.geocities.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel Upgrade Problem
On Friday 22 February 2002 07:55 am, Lúcio Costa de Almeida wrote: Hi all, After the kernel upgrading using kernel-2.4.34.mdk.rpm If you did upgrade, that's probly most of the problem. Kernels should always be installed, eg, 'rpm -ivh kernel--rpm' This installs the new kernel alongside your existing kernel, places the proper files in /boot, makes the necessary links, and edits lilo (or grub) and runs 'lilo' to write the changes. You should then have both the new kernel and your old one(s) as choices when you boot. file, I can't start the system. I initialized the computer with a boot disk. I looked in the directory /boot and I didn't find any file vmlinuz. Try to 'rpm -ivh' the kernel rpm in again. You'll likely need to use 'rpm -ivh --force' since you'll probly get an already installed error. If that doesn't fix it, the easiest thing to do would be to boot the install CD and choose 'upgrade'. Unselect any new packages, and you can skip thru most stuff that's already setup like X, internet connection, and partitions, etc. Should only take a few minutes. You might also want to take a look at http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/install/index.html#ku for a better understanding of what you did wrong. I suggest you read 'em all, but particularly 'Page Four (Troubleshooting)' -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem
I would think that the boot disk must be remade also. I know you must do this with other operating systems after major upgrades, which is what you have with new kernel. Brian Kelsay -Original Message- From: Yun Li [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 2:00 PM Subject: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem Hi, there, I recently installed Mandrake 5.3 with kernel 2.0.36, I found out that there is no ppp support compiled in this version of kernel, so I decide to upgrade it to 2.2.1. I've done everything mentioned in upgrade kernel how-to, and finished each step without error. however, after I reboot the machine, ( I still use the boot disk I created when I installed original Mandrake 5.3 ), it still boot to 2.0.36, I tried TAB while lilo comes up, my new label "linux-new" does not appear at all. I am sure I did everything else right. like edit lilo.conf, and copy boot image, and even delete "preferred", So what is the problem, does the boot disk need to upgrade too? Yun
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem
Yun Li wrote: Hi, there, I recently installed Mandrake 5.3 with kernel 2.0.36, I found out that there is no ppp support compiled in this version of kernel, so I decide to upgrade it to 2.2.1. I've done everything mentioned in upgrade kernel how-to, and finished each step without error. however, after I reboot the machine, ( I still use the boot disk I created when I installed original Mandrake 5.3 ), it still boot to 2.0.36, I tried TAB while lilo comes up, my new label "linux-new" does not appear at all. I am sure I did everything else right. like edit lilo.conf, and copy boot image, and even delete "preferred", So what is the problem, does the boot disk need to upgrade too? Yun Hi, Yun, You indeed have to boot with the new kernel floppy. If you're using the boot floppy from the original installation, you'll revert to the old kernel, the one on the floppy. If you want to make a new boot floppy with your newly compiled kernel image, do: dd if=/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192 Depending on how you compiled the kernel, you may have a bzImage instead of a zImage. Boot up with this floppy to get the new kernel. If you want to boot this new kernel with lilo, make sure you run '/sbin/lilo' after you change /etc/lilo.conf. Good luck, Hidong
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem
At 01:59 PM 4/28/99 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, there, > >I recently installed Mandrake 5.3 with kernel 2.0.36, >I found out that there is no ppp support compiled in this version of >kernel, so I decide to upgrade it to 2.2.1. Someone please tell me the above statement is NOT true. I uninstalled Redhat v5.1, kernel updated to 2.0.36 which had PPP support. I wouldn't see any reason why the Mandrake edition(s) @ v2.0.36 wouldn't have PPP support. Guess I better check my installation to confirm or debuke the existence of PPP support in Mandrake 5.3 kernel version 2.0.36 > >I've done everything mentioned in upgrade kernel how-to, and finished each >step without error. however, after I reboot the machine, ( I still use the >boot disk I created when I installed original Mandrake 5.3 ), it still >boot to 2.0.36, I tried TAB> while lilo comes up, my new label >"linux-new" does not appear at all. I am sure I did everything else right. >like edit lilo.conf, and copy boot image, and even delete "preferred", >So what is the problem, does the boot disk need to upgrade too? I would almost guarantee the answer to this question would be yes, the boot disk has to be upgraded also. Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem
I recently installed Mandrake 5.3 with kernel 2.0.36, I found out that there is no ppp support compiled in this version of This is not true, as can be easily shown by the fact that I am using that version of the kernel, and am able to connect using PPP.
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem
At 04:16 PM 4/28/99 -0700, you wrote: I recently installed Mandrake 5.3 with kernel 2.0.36, I found out that there is no ppp support compiled in this version of This is not true, as can be easily shown by the fact that I am using that version of the kernel, and am able to connect using PPP. Since I commented earlier on the subject, I've checked my Mandrake 5.3 kernel v2.0.36, and I occur that there is PPP support compiled in @ kernel v 2.0.36. Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem
Stefan Dozier wrote: At 01:59 PM 4/28/99 -0400, you wrote: Hi, there, I recently installed Mandrake 5.3 with kernel 2.0.36, I found out that there is no ppp support compiled in this version of kernel, so I decide to upgrade it to 2.2.1. Someone please tell me the above statement is NOT true. I uninstalled Redhat v5.1, kernel updated to 2.0.36 which had PPP support. I wouldn't see any reason why the Mandrake edition(s) @ v2.0.36 wouldn't have PPP support. Guess I better check my installation to confirm or debuke the existence of PPP support in Mandrake 5.3 kernel version 2.0.36 I've done everything mentioned in upgrade kernel how-to, and finished each step without error. however, after I reboot the machine, ( I still use the boot disk I created when I installed original Mandrake 5.3 ), it still boot to 2.0.36, I tried TAB while lilo comes up, my new label "linux-new" does not appear at all. I am sure I did everything else right. like edit lilo.conf, and copy boot image, and even delete "preferred", So what is the problem, does the boot disk need to upgrade too? I would almost guarantee the answer to this question would be yes, the boot disk has to be upgraded also. Stefan Dozier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, Stefan, It's not true. The stock installation of Mandrake 5.3 has ppp support. Good luck, Hidong
