On Thu, 01 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Ok, I have a dual CPU MB, so the first thing I want to do is recompile
> with SMP support.
> make clean
> make xconfig
> make dep
> make bzImage
> make modules
> make modules_install
> make bzlilo
>
> Unfortunatally, "make bzlilo" doesn't install the kernel correctly,
> apparently because the lilo.conf file points to the kernel in the /boot
> directory.
>
> No problem I think...edit lilo.conf to point to the new /vmlinuz kernel,
> re-run lilo to install it, and the new kernel boots, and then promptly
> hangs when "Finding Module Dependencies".
>
> After re-installing (I'm at a temp job working out of a motel, don't have
> rescue boot disks, just install boot floppy from 5.3 and 6.0 CD...) I
> tried just overwriting the old kernel image in the /boot directory (file
> name called vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk or something like that) re-running lilo
> and rebooting. Same error, hangs up after turning the HD for 15 seconds at
> the "Finding Module Dependencies" part.
>
> I assume that there is something simple I'm doing wrong?
>
> Jay Summet
Try removing the modules directory for that kernel. there should be a
directory under /lib/modules that is named 2.2.x remove it and do a make
modules_install. That should do the trick. If not then you may have picked a
device that is not present in your machine, and you need to track it down.
