On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Don Kelley wrote:
> ok, now I'm screwed. I tried to upgrade my 2.2.9-19mdk kernel to 2.2.9-27mdk
> I did this by typing rpm -Uvh packagename for each of the 4 main kernel
> packages (kernel, kernel-headers, kernel-pcmcia, kernel-source) and for the
> initscripts package. I didn't update lilo, for my own experimental reasons.
>
> what I got was a pc that wouldn't boot - when lilo tried to boot the old kernel
> (which I presumed I still had) it would lock up immediately. So I booted from
> my backup boot floppy, no prob. I tried correcting the lilo.conf file to boot
> the new kernel (I found that most of the old kernel files were now gone from my
> /boot folder, although I had the impression they would still be there in case
> my new kernel wouldn't boot). when I rebooted I still got the same problem -
> locked up as soon as it said the word "linux" under the lilo prompt. So I
> booted from floppy again. Now I mounted the cd-rom and did the following - I
> removed the new (.27) kernel files by uninstalling them with rpm, and I
> reinstalled the old (.19) kernel files from the cd-rom. when I rebooted (after
> re-editing my lilo.conf file to boot the .19 kernel once again) I can now boot
> and run just fine, as you can see.
>
> Now, how the hell do I get the 2.2.9-27 kernel running on my stupid system now
> that I've returned to my old kernel again?
>
> I know there's been lots about this already, but I followed step by step what I
> was supposed to do and it wouldn't run. why? do I need to install the
> kernelcfg-0.5.6mdk package as well? did I miss something?
You missed one key point, when installing the kernel it's self
(kernel-%{version}) you use -i not -U, useing -U erases the old version
as you can testify to, reinstall 27 useing -i and _add_ another section
to your lilo.conf changeing just the label= and image= and run lilo
>
> Don
>
