Dear All
I have just upgraded my kernel from 2.2.5 (which was installed by the
RedHat 6.0) installation) to 2.2.13. However the new kernel won't
boot. I only get "LILO .........." then the machine hangs.
A few things occur to me:
Check the .config files of both kernels to find the differences.
Unfortunately the 2.2.5 kernel doesn't have one. Is there any other way
of finding the config for the 2.2.5 kernel?
Is it possible to find out at exactly what point the startup is failing?
The new install doesn't seem to have created System.map, initrd, or
module-info files. How can I find out
more about what these files do;
how to create them;
if the fact that the old kernels files still exist will affect the
new kernel?
Do I have to have the primarry HDD's scsi card compiled into the
kernel? The machine contains two scsi cards. One has the HDD on it and
the other the CD and DAT. I assumed that both adapters should be
compiled into the kernel. However, the 2.2.5 kernels conf.modules
contains aliases for both cards. Does this mean both are compiled as
modules? How does the machine/linux know which one to load first?
Could thios be the problem?
Many thanks
Paul
