Re: [expert] Preventing Boot to old kernel

2002-10-16 Thread Rick Friedman
Well, I looked closer and tried the password option on the option for the old kernel. It worked like a charm! :) Thanks for the help! Rick On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 18:50, Jerry A! wrote: On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 06:37:42PM -0400, Rick Friedman wrote: : I checked into the man page. it is

[expert] Preventing Boot to old kernel

2002-10-15 Thread Rick Friedman
I'm sure someone here can help me with this. Say I have two Linux kernels. One, is version 2.4.19 and the other is 2.4.18. In lilo.conf, I've labeled 2.4.19 as linux and 2.4.18 as linux-old. Those are now the options that show up in the LILO graphical menu at boot time. My question: Is there

Re: [expert] Preventing Boot to old kernel

2002-10-15 Thread Jerry A!
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 05:50:52PM -0400, Rick Friedman wrote: : I'm sure someone here can help me with this. Say I have two Linux : kernels. One, is version 2.4.19 and the other is 2.4.18. In lilo.conf, : I've labeled 2.4.19 as linux and 2.4.18 as linux-old. Those are now : the options that show

Re: [expert] Preventing Boot to old kernel

2002-10-15 Thread Rick Friedman
I checked into the man page. it is *almost* what I want. However, the man page says this about the password option: A password is only required to boot the image if parameters are specified on the command line (e.g. 'single'). If I have no parameters on the command line. it seems to me the

Re: [expert] Preventing Boot to old kernel

2002-10-15 Thread Jerry A!
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 06:37:42PM -0400, Rick Friedman wrote: : I checked into the man page. it is *almost* what I want. However, the : man page says this about the password option: : : A password is only required to boot the image if parameters are : specified on the command line (e.g.