Manuel Dur�n Aguete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to install the 2.4.1 linux kernel in Mandrake 7.2
> distribution (not the mandrake's package, the one downloaded from
> ftp.kernel.org). It's compiles ok, but when I boot the system the boot
> process freezes on "Uncompressing Linux Kernel..." and nothing happens
Just a wild guess, but when you say 'nothing happens' exactly what do you
mean? I'm wondering if you have compiled a 2.4.1 kernel without
framebuffer support, and then copied the Mandrake 7.2 /etc/lilo.conf for
the 2.2.17 kernel including the line 'vga=788', just changing the image to
boot? If you try to boot a kernel without framebuffer support while
including the line 'vga=788' in your lilo.conf you'd get
something like the behaviour you describe I think (I may be wrong, I think
it'd look something like that). Otherwise, maybe you compiled the kernel
for the wrong processor, or maybe you've put the wrong image into your
/boot directory - should be arch/i386/boot/bzImage. (Sorry if that's
obvious to you, just can't think of any other reason it wouldn't boot-
I've got similar hardware to you, running a 2.4.1 kernel with no
problems.).
