Re: [newbie] Kernel installation(Long message)

[John Richards]

Hi Cindy, gave this a try with my new 5.3 install.    Everything seemed to
go smoothly except it created a slightly different filename,
'vmlinuz-2.2.5-ac3-5mdk'.  I'm not sure what the significance of 'ac3' is.

When I boot the new kernel it gets down to the point of 'finding module
dependicies' and just stops.    Fortunately I can reboot and choose my old
kernel, but I'd like to know what went wrong and how to fix.  Anyone have an
idea?

Here is my system config:

AMD K6-233
64mb
IDE hd and IDE cd-rom
TX clone m/b with Award bios
awe64 gold
ne2000 isa clone
ati xpert xl (mach64 xserver)

-JR


----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 6:11 AM
Subject: [newbie] Kernel installation(Long message)


> I have seen various messages on this list about updating the kernel so I
> thought I would share my experiences. IMHO, the easiest way is to use the
> RPMs built by Mandrake from
>
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake5.3/updates/kernel2.2/RPM
> S/kernel/
>
> I downloaded kernel-2.2.5-5mdk.i386 and kernel-headers-2.2.5-5mdk.i386
into
> a directory I created on my hard drive. I checked both by changing to the
> directory I downloaded them to and using the command:
>
> rpm -K --nopgp *rpm
>
> Both should return a "size md5 ok" . I then installed both of them using
the
> commands:
>
> rpm -ivh kernel-2.2.5-5mdk.i386
> rpm -ivh kernel-headers-2.2.5-5mdk.i386
>
> This automatically installed a directory in /usr/src called
> 2.2.5-mdk and a file in /boot called vmlinuz-2.2.5-5mdk.
>
> I then downloaded all the file updates from:
>
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake5.3/updates/kernel2.2/RPM
> S/updates/
>
> and checked them using the same command as before then installed them
using:
>
> rpm -Uvh *.rpm
>
> I then edited my /etc/lilo.conf file to add the following lines right
after
> the "timeout=50" line:
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-5mdk
>       label=new
>       root=/dev/hda(whatever your boot partition is)
>       read-only
>
> I then issued the command /sbin/lilo and received confirmation that "new"
> had been added. It should be noted that I do not boot from a SCSI disk so
I
> do not need a "initrd=...." line in my lilo.conf file. I then rebooted and
> selected "new" at the LILO boot prompt and booted a preconfigured kernel.
>
> If you want to recompile the preconfigured kernel, you must also download
> and install
> kernel-source-2.2.5-5mdk.i386.rpm. If you do not have pgcc installed as
your
> compiler, you need to make the changes listed at:
>
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/kernel2.2-upgrade.html
>
> There are also various fixes for post kernel installation problems found
> there.
>
> YMMV and corrections to my method encouraged,
>
> HTH,
>
> Cindy
>