On 2004-04-13, Tom penned: > Hey all, > > I've been whining about this on #debian, and my initial problem got > solved thanks to the help I got there. > > So, what I have is: > > * Debian, as my main system, on /dev/hda * Fedora, which I installed > yesterday as a test system, on /dev/hdb, with its /boot-partition as > /dev/hdb1 and its root partition as /dev/hdb3 > > lilo.conf contains this: > > image=/mnt/fedora/boot/vmlinux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl > initrd=/mnt/fedora/boot/initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img label=Fedora > append="root=/dev/hdb3" > > Basically, all should be well, and it is, accept, after running > /sbin/lilo, this: > > "Fatal: Kernel /mnt/fedora/boot/vmlinux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl is too big" > > I can imagine that the stock Fedora kernel contains lots of drivers I > don't need, but how, then, do I go about booting it? The LILO manual > tells me te recompile and get rid of unneeded drivers, but if I can't > boot into Fedora, how can I recompile a kernel for it to use? >
Couldn't you d/l the redhat kernel source (if you want to use the redhat specific stuff), compile it on debian, then just mount the redhat drive in debian and copy the kernel over? -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
