Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade? (# 2)
On Monday 15 March 2004 06:46 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: Not necessary unless you would like to experience the thrill of building your own kernel, in which case you will want to install the kernel-source package and then follow the various instructions. The kernel SRPM will only build the kernels exactly as you see them on the mirrors. I think I leave the source build for later. These are the steps I'll follow. If something is screwed up, let me know. 1. Make sure my boot floppy works 2. Add the following to /etc/lilo.conf image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk label=linux-old root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img append=quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off vga=788 read-only ?? do I also have to run lilo to get the config to take ?? 3. Install kernel-2.4.21.0.28mdk rpm 4. reboot and... Don't forget to rerun lilo to update the boot time choices, but this should work. You might want to reboot using the item you added to lilo.conf to make sure it works before you do the new kernel install. -- Addendum to reply -- I forgot to ask in the previous reply about the following 0.13 specific symlinks in /boot config, kernel.h and System.map I did not see them referenced in lilo.conf. They will be updated when you boot into the new kernel. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade? (# 2)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On March 16, 2004 07:50 am, Greg Meyer wrote: whack I think I leave the source build for later. These are the steps I'll follow. If something is screwed up, let me know. 1. Make sure my boot floppy works 2. Add the following to /etc/lilo.conf image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk label=linux-old root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img append=quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off vga=788 read-only ?? do I also have to run lilo to get the config to take ?? 3. Install kernel-2.4.21.0.28mdk rpm 4. reboot and... Don't forget to rerun lilo to update the boot time choices, but this should work. You might want to reboot using the item you added to lilo.conf to make sure it works before you do the new kernel install. -- Addendum to reply -- I forgot to ask in the previous reply about the following 0.13 specific symlinks in /boot config, kernel.h and System.map I did not see them referenced in lilo.conf. They will be updated when you boot into the new kernel. Am I missing something here? Installing a new kernel will add not replace. One never upgrades a kernel. Since Mike specified a non-networked workstation he has to copy the rpm for the new kernel from somewhere. Wherever that somewhere is, the easiest way to install a new kernel on any Mandrake release since forever has been urpmi, but that requires sources for software be set up. Second easiest, after transferring the package to the target machine, is to open a terminal in the directory holding the new package and as super user type: rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.21.0.28mdk.rpm [Enter] Then in the same terminal, after the previous operation completes: lilo -v [Enter] You could combine the two; rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.21.0.28mdk.rpm lilo -v [Enter] I don't like telling people that are uncertain of _anything_ to manually edit configuration files. The results will be the same, just a lot less chance of an oopsie happenning. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org You're working under a slight handicap. You happen to be human. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAVzH5ZqvqlrLPr5YRAshbAJwJ1C0Jk+FFu+Tmyox/5o0GbMJsGgCglHne WGCkOZz2YGwsYpZGxtK6YUc= =eNRt -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade? (# 2)
On Tuesday 16 March 2004 09:50 am, Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 15 March 2004 06:46 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: Not necessary unless you would like to experience the thrill of building your own kernel, in which case you will want to install the kernel-source package and then follow the various instructions. The kernel SRPM will only build the kernels exactly as you see them on the mirrors. I think I leave the source build for later. These are the steps I'll follow. If something is screwed up, let me know. 1. Make sure my boot floppy works 2. Add the following to /etc/lilo.conf image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk label=linux-old root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img append=quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off vga=788 read-only ?? do I also have to run lilo to get the config to take ?? 3. Install kernel-2.4.21.0.28mdk rpm 4. reboot and... Don't forget to rerun lilo to update the boot time choices, but this should work. You might want to reboot using the item you added to lilo.conf to make sure it works before you do the new kernel install. -- Addendum to reply -- I forgot to ask in the previous reply about the following 0.13 specific symlinks in /boot config, kernel.h and System.map I did not see them referenced in lilo.conf. They will be updated when you boot into the new kernel. Gerg, So far as I can tell, the 0.28 install went well. Now I can try to install updated ATI video drivers, which is why I had to go to 0.28. Thanks for your help! mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade? (# 2)
On Monday 15 March 2004 08:03 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 15 March 2004 03:59 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: I am now runing kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk in mdk 9.1 and would like to upgrade to 2.4.21.0.28mdk. Rpmdrake list 5 flavors of the 0.28. under update. Standard, enterprise, secure, smp, and source. Since the machine is non-net wrokstation, I guess I would use kernel-2.4.21.0.28mdk rpm What exactly happens if I install this rpm? Does it preserve my configuration defined during 9.1 install? It will change the symlinking in /biit so that the entries the installer set up will boot to the new kernel. The lilo entries point to the symlinks in /boot, so if you change th esymlinks, the entries boot whatever the symlinks point to. Does lilo get updated in such a way to allow booting to old kernel? Not on the first update. Every kernel update adds an explicit choice for itself in the bootloader menu. This allows you to boot into a previously installed kernel if the new one does not work as advertised. The only problem with this is that the first kernel install does not install itself with an explicit entry, only the symlink ones, so if you want to be able to boot the original kernel, you have to add an entry for it to lilo.conf manually. Or should I attemp a configure and build from the source rpm according to a HOWTO? Not necessary unless you would like to experience the thrill of building your own kernel, in which case you will want to install the kernel-source package and then follow the various instructions. The kernel SRPM will only build the kernels exactly as you see them on the mirrors. I think I leave the source build for later. These are the steps I'll follow. If something is screwed up, let me know. 1. Make sure my boot floppy works 2. Add the following to /etc/lilo.conf image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk label=linux-old root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img append=quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off vga=788 read-only ?? do I also have to run lilo to get the config to take ?? 3. Install kernel-2.4.21.0.28mdk rpm 4. reboot and... -- Addendum to reply -- I forgot to ask in the previous reply about the following 0.13 specific symlinks in /boot config, kernel.h and System.map I did not see them referenced in lilo.conf. mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
