Hi,
I installed Linux-Mandrake 6.0. I have two hard drives. hda has one
partition - a dos/win95 partition. hdb has 3 partitions: hdb1 = /boot,
hdb2 = swap, hdb3 = /
When using linux, I boot from a floppy (the floppy I created during the
mandrake install).
Here's my problem: I was running into the "busy partition" message at
shutdown time, which is documented on the Linux-Mandrake updates page. The
fix is listed as follows:
Solution: upgrade to
initscripts-4.16-30mdk.i586.rpm and to
kernel-2.2.9-27mdk.i586.rpm. An updated
initscripts package is also
available:
rpm -Uvh initscripts-4.16-30mdk.i586.rpm
rpm -ivh kernel-2.2.9-27mdk.i586.rpm
Note: if you run in level 5, don't forget to set
it again in /etc/inittab [just
replace id:3:initdefault: by id:5:initdefault:]
after initscripts upgrading!
So, I downloaded the 2 rpms from the ftp site (actually I downloaded
initscripts-4.16-31mdk.i586.rpm, but that shouldn't make any difference,
I'm assuming, since it was the only initscripts rpm there). I entered in
the two rpm command lines exactly as above. I modified my /etc/lilo.conf
file to reflect the new kernel name. I modified /etc/inittab as suggested
above.
I then rebooted. But, to my shock and horror, when I rebooted, the kernel
was still listed as version 2.2.9-19mdk. It hadn't upgraded!
Then I thought that I probably had only changed the copy of the kernel on
my hard drive, and since I boot off a floppy that I should just copy the
new kernel to the floppy and change the lilo.conf file on the floppy.
I did that and rebooted...but the kernel STILL hadn't changed.
What am I doing wrong? How can I upgrade my kernel, and make a bootdisk to
boot the kernel properly?
Thanks in advance!
Dan
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Dan Voeks
DoIT Help Desk
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