Yun Li wrote:
>
> Hi, there,
>
> I recently installed Mandrake 5.3 with kernel 2.0.36,
> I found out that there is no ppp support compiled in this version of
> kernel, so I decide to upgrade it to 2.2.1.
>
> I've done everything mentioned in upgrade kernel how-to, and finished each
> step without error. however, after I reboot the machine, ( I still use the
> boot disk I created when I installed original Mandrake 5.3 ), it still
> boot to 2.0.36, I tried <TAB> while lilo comes up, my new label
> "linux-new" does not appear at all. I am sure I did everything else right.
> like edit lilo.conf, and copy boot image, and even delete "preferred",
> So what is the problem, does the boot disk need to upgrade too?
>
> Yun
Hi, Yun,
You indeed have to boot with the new kernel floppy. If you're using the
boot floppy from the original installation, you'll revert to the old
kernel, the one on the floppy. If you want to make a new boot floppy
with your newly compiled kernel image, do:
dd if=/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage of=/dev/fd0 bs=8192
Depending on how you compiled the kernel, you may have a bzImage instead
of a zImage. Boot up with this floppy to get the new kernel. If you
want to boot this new kernel with lilo, make sure you run '/sbin/lilo'
after you change /etc/lilo.conf. Good luck,
Hidong
