Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade problem

2002-03-19 Thread Mandrake Newbie
[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

Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade problem

2002-03-19 Thread Derek Jennings
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

Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade problem

2002-03-19 Thread shane
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

[newbie] Kernel upgrade problem

2002-03-18 Thread Mandrake Newbie
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

Re: [newbie] Kernel upgrade problem

2002-03-18 Thread civileme
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,

[newbie] Kernel Upgrade Problem

2002-02-22 Thread Lúcio Costa de Almeida
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

Re: [newbie] Kernel Upgrade Problem

2002-02-22 Thread Tom Brinkman
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

Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem

1999-04-28 Thread Ripcrd6
: 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

Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem

1999-04-28 Thread Hidong Kim
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

Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem

1999-04-28 Thread Stefan Dozier
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

Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem

1999-04-28 Thread Dan Brown
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

1999-04-28 Thread Stefan Dozier
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

Re: [newbie] kernel upgrade problem

1999-04-28 Thread Hidong Kim
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