[newbie] grub problem with new kernel

2001-04-01 Thread Brian
Hi all I just compiled the 2.4.2 kernel, upgrade from 2.2.17. Copied it to a floppy and it booted fine. Added a new entry to grub to point to the new kernel bzImage Renamed the old kernel vmlinuz.orig Copied bzImage to /boot I can now boot to the orig linux but when I try to boot the bzImage I

Re: [newbie] grub problem with new kernel

2001-04-01 Thread AndyMonks
its not just grub. it did this in lilo?

Re: [newbie] grub problem with new kernel

2001-04-01 Thread Brian
Well, have spent the entire day trying to chase down this problem. 5 minutes ago i installed lilo and the new kernel boots just fine. oh well. Wasted days and wasted nights. Thanks to those who responded. Brian On Sunday 01 April 2001 17:39, you wrote: its not just grub. it did this in lilo?