On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 14:04, Anne Wilson wrote:
> OK - but this will install, not upgrade, won't it? If so, I'll try it this
> weekend. Thanks
Yes ... and you want to install.. not upgrade. Also to Once it's done
be sure to edit the lilo.conf on your box. Your old kernel says
image=/boot/vmlinuz
and
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
you need to make these point directly and the original vmlinuz and
intrd.img or else both will boot to the new kernel and none for the old
one.
So for example
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19mdk
and
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.19mdk.img
and rerun lilo..... This way if anything goes wrong for you you still
can boot to the old kernel and all is repairable easily.
James
>
> Anne
>
> On Friday 28 Mar 2003 9:27 pm, flacycads wrote:
> > I've never used urpmi- heard that it doesn't work good for kernels.
> >
> > What I do is download the kernel-2.4.21.0.13mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm and
> > kernel-source-2.4.21-0.13mdk.i586.rpm to their own directory in /home.
> >
> > You can find them here.
> >
> > http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake/Mandrake/9.1/i58
> >6/Mandrake/RPMS/
> >
> > Then I would cd to that directory as root, and type: rpm -ivh *.rpm
> >
> > That should do it. It will install and configure lilo, adding a boot option
> > for that kernel. You might read the mandrake kernel upgrade stuff if you're
> > unclear on this.
> >
> > Robert Crawford
> >
> > On Friday 28 March 2003 03:45 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > Thanks, Robert. I presume I need to add a new source to my urpmi to get
> > > these - could you tell me how to find the new source?
> > >
> > > Anne
> > >
> > > On Friday 28 Mar 2003 7:59 pm, flacycads wrote:
> > > > Anne,
> > > > I installed a vanilla 2.4.20 kernel and added a preemptive patch, and
> > > > it worked fine- all programs worked as before. I did lose supermount,
> > > > as it is not enabled in the vanilla kernel. I also installed the
> > > > mandrake 2.4.21.0 cooker kernel (now in 9.1) rpm with 9.0, and all 9.0
> > > > programs still worked fine- no re-install of any progs needed.
> > > >
> > > > The rpm kernel install does the lilo mod automatically- that's what I
> > > > would try,until your 9.1 disks arrive. Also install the kernel-source
> > > > rpm.
> > > >
> > > > Robert Crawford
> > > >
> > > > On Friday 28 March 2003 02:04 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > > Someone suggested that my camera was supported by kernels >=2.4.20.
> > > > > Naturally, I'm anxious to see if 9.1 will get me working. I've
> > > > > ordered my disks, but am wondering if I can install an additional
> > > > > kernel and boot from it with an additional stanza in lilo. If I did
> > > > > that, am I correct in assuming that I would have to get different
> > > > > versions of much of the software in order to work with it?
> > > > >
> > > > > It's a balance between impatience and common sense. If I am going to
> > > > > have to re-install just about everything I shall have to grit my
> > > > > teeth and wait <g>
> > > > >
> > > > > Anne
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