On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:13:51 -0500 "Mike Leone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've always updated my kernel by downloading the kernel sources from > www.kernel.org, and configuring/compiling by hand, and then adding the > resulting kernel to lilo.conf by hand. > > This time, tho, I'd like to try using Mandrake's kernels. > > My current lilo has 3 kernel entries right now - the orig 2.4.8 that came > with Mdk 8.1, and the generic 2.4.9 and 2.4.10 that I've downloaded, > configured and compiled myself. > > Q: if I install all the latest 2.4.13 kernel RPMs from Cooker (using > rpm -ivh *.rpm, where *.rpm are the latest kernel sources, headers, docs, > and the binary of the kernel itself) ... what will that do to my lilo? Will > the kernel install itself as "vmlinuz" in /boot? Meaning that I should then > choose the lilo option that defaults to this binary file to boot with? Will > it make an initrd image (I always use one)? > > I don't want to lose my previous kernels; I need to be able to boot back > into them for a while longer yet (I use Win4Lin, which uses kernel patches, > but is not yet available for 2.4.13, the latest stable kernel). > > Would I be better off just installing the Mdk sources, headers and docs > rpms, and then compling and installing the kernel by hand? I install the kernel rpm only, using rpm -ivh I then run lilo which adds the new kernel to the boot menu. In the case of 2.4.13-2 it is added as 2413-2. No other entries are affected. I will double check all my config files and then reboot. Booting the 2413-2 kernel if there are no problems either with the itself or with anthing else after running it for a test period I will then install the kernel headers, source, and docs. When downloading the soure, headers and doc I place them in a sepeate directory kernel-xxx. When ready to install them I cd to the directory and rpm -Uvh *rpm I then decide if I wish to change the 2413-2 name in the lilo boot meunu,set it as the default kernel and rerun lilo. Charles
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