Re: APM problem?

[Paul M.N Feehan]

Thanks, Peter! -- running /sbin/lilo was all that was needed.

Actually, I didn't think I needed to run lilo, as I'd kept /vmlinuz as the
kernel image label (renaming the old one) and, as I have the System
Commander boot loader installed and use that to boot linux (or windows 95,
occasionally). I'd recompiled the kernel several times before to
reconfigure it in various ways and hadn't had a problem. Oh well, now I
know better!

Paul Feehan
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On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Peter Bailey wrote:

> did you reinitialize lilo?  go type lilo at a prompt as root.  if that's
> not it, make sure you are using the new kernel.  also, it's a good idea
> NOT to overwrite your old kernel unless you are sure it's working 100
> percent.  if you have a lack of hd space, remove it.. whatever, but if you
> have the 500k to spare, copy the old kernel to vmlinuz-2.0.xx or whatever
> and re-reference it in the lilo.conf file and then run lilo again.  keep
> in mind that the top billing in lilo.conf is the default boot.
> 
> On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Paul M.N Feehan wrote:
> 
> > I recently decided to recompile my kernel (2.0.35, slackware 3.6 on an
> > i3000) and enable APM, essentially following Tomasz Barszczak's tips from
> > his i3000 page. I backup my old /vmlinuz, do a make zdisk to write the
> > kernel to a floppy and a zImage, and then copy the new zImage to /vmlinuz,
> > exacty as in the kernel howto.
> > 
> > At this point, though, something weird happens:
> > 
> > When I try to test out the new kernel by booting off the floppy, I see
> > that APM is loaded as it should be and halt -p gives a power-off, as
> > expected. *However*, when I try booting up in the usual way with lilo
> > pointing to my new /vmlinuz on the hard disk, APM is not loaded and halt
> > -p no longer gives a power-off.
> > 
> > At this point, I thought I must have copied the wrong kernel image.
> > However, after copying the floppy kernel onto my hard disk a couple of
> > times and recompiling the kernel again, being extra careful, I still get
> > the same problem: when booting off a floppy, APM is loaded, but when
> > booting off the same kernel image on my hard disk, APM is not loaded. 
> > 
> > Would anyone have any ideas?? Thanks in advance!
> > 
> > PS: Thanks very much to the several people who responded with their
> > experiences regading backup programs. I haven't had a chance to try any of
> > those programs out yet... 
> > 
> > Paul Feehan
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> > 
> > 
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