Go to mandrakeuser.org, then go to the kernel section. There is a page
that wlks you through each step you need to do to get it to boot with
the new kernel and tells you exactly what changes you need to make to
lilo.
Sam
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 12/28/1999, 8:19:22 AM, Alejandro Arredondo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote regarding Re: [newbie] cannot boot:
> Audrey Beck wrote:
> > What does /etc/fstab say your root partition is?
> > What does /etc/lilo.conf say it wrote to? hda7 or just hda?
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi...
> > >
> > > I have this problem.
> > > I upgraded my kernel from kernel-2.2.13-7mdk to
> > > kernel-2.2.13-22mdk.
> > > But when i booted, lilo cannot find the new kernel (i
> > > guess, since it
> > > stoped after the prompt) I booted using bootdisk and
> > > tried to change
> > > lilo configuration to boot the new image file
> > > '/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-22mdk'. But there was an eror
> > > that won't accept
> > > my root partition which in /dev/hda7. It says that
> > > hda7 either invalid
> > > or not linux partition. I dont understand because
> > > before this (for
> > > kernel-2.2.13-7mdk) the root partition is the same,
> > > /dev/hda7 which is
> > > linux partition, and that where my root partition is.
> > >
> > > Even before this (when i still with
> > > kernel-2.2.13-7mdk) when i tried to
> > > change the label (in lilo, for boothing linux) it
> > > won't accept it with
> > > the same error.
> > > What's the problem?
> > >
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> You will need to boot with a floopy disk with the following
> parameters linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-22mdk
> Log on as root and edit your /etc/lilo.conf
> Open a Console and write lilo
> It will re-configure your system to boot with the new kernel
> Also your hda partitions will be restored
> Alejandro Arredondo
