On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 09:34:53AM +0100, Sitsofe Wheeler wrote: > Sorry to dredge this up but as Mandrake 9 is still in beta I'm reminded of > few points in theregister "review" of Mandrake 8.2 > (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25160.html). > > In it the reviewer which mentioned how a reinstallation was necessary > after a failed kernel compile. I had my own little spin on this myself > when I downloaded the stock kernel and compiled my own "bad" kernel. > > If this has changed in 9 then my apologies but in 8.2 the entries in > lilo.conf for the mandrake kernels all used the vmlinuz symlink which is > libel to change if a new (non mandrake kernel) is compiled thus causing > grief if this kernel compile goes wrong. I really feel that the entries in > lilo.conf should use the full kernel image name to guard against this (or > perhaps some special mandrake kernel link). > > Concerning the .config file complaint (The config file had almost no > relationship to the previously installed system.) - since I don't > recompile the mandrake kernel I can't really comment on this.
Yeah it's like that so kernel upgrades take effect without editing lilo.conf. If you compile a bad kernel and don't know how to use the rescue disk then you probably shouldn't be compiling the kernel. And nothing is stoping you from editing the lilo.conf. -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org If your love has no hope of being welcomed do not voice it; for if it be silent it can endure, a guarded flame, within you. - The Wisdom of the Sands
