On 12 Jul 2002 08:44:00 +1000 Darren King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority
> Thanks, Todd. > > That's it. Run mkinitrd <filename> <kernel version(as stated under > /lib/modules)> and change lilo.conf. That's it. > > The good news is that my disk speed went from 6MB / sec to 27MB / sec > with the new kernel! Haven't tested the auto power off. > > Now I have to tackle the problems! My nvidia driver was the first > thing to stop working. Time for a recompile (or at least try) and the > sound driver didn't load! > > Maybe after all this, that KDE 3.0 upgrade won't seem so huge a task! > > Darren Darren, When it comes time to go KDE3.0 I might recommend Texstars version. He's got one that now, is real stable. and it installs cleanly. You can find a link to his stuff at pclinuxonline.com james > > > > > And I assume that you also ran mkinitrd with the appropriate > > parameters. If not, then you are either using the old initrd, or you > > are not using one at all. Either could be acceptable, depending on > > your hardware....but... > > > > > well the kernel panic'd. Didn't boot at all. I get messages > > > about kmod: failed to exec modprobe -s -k freereiserfs errno=2 > > > mount: error 19 mounting reiserfs flags notail > > > pivotroot:pivot_root (/sysroot, /sysroot/initrd) failed 2 > > > any idead? I compiled in reiserfs suppport but it doesn't look > > > good! > > > > If you compiled in reiserfs to the kernel, the current initrd is > > trying to modprobe the correct module in. It should not be a fatal > > error, but in your case, something else is happening. Make a new > > initrd and make your lilo point to it. > > > > Hmmm, you didn't by any chance install a kernel with the same name > > and it's trying to use the old modules with the new kernel... > > > > Blue skies... Todd > > -- > > Todd Lyons -- MandrakeSoft, Inc. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ > > UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because > > that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn > > Cooker Version mandrake-release-8.3-0.2mdk Kernel 2.4.18-21mdk > > > >
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