>>> "Doug" == Doug Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Doug> I'm a newbie and I found it rather painless. Once you
Doug> install the package just open the /etc/lilo.conf file with
Doug> your favorite word processor and look for a line that will
Doug> contain "2.2.13-17mdk ". Change it to the new kernel
Doug> number...."2.2.13-22mdk". Save and exit the word processor
Doug> and at the prompt issue the command: "/sbin/lilo.conf -v"
Doug> (without the quotes). Now Lilo should be pointing to your
Doug> new kernel...
[snip]
This will accomplish the boot into the new kernel, but if for some
reason the kernel is misconfigured, or there is a typo in lilo.conf,
or for probably other reasons, unless another entry exists in
lilo.conf by which to boot into Linux, may result in an unbootable
system.
Suggestion: _add_ the new kernel to lilo.conf, keeping the entry for
the old kernel, allowing a boot into the old kernel if the new kernel
entry fails.
My remarks assume that the new kernel is installed and the old kernel
remains.
So, the new lilo.conf will be (new kernel listed first, old kernel
second, then dos):
boot=/dev/[whatever your boot device is]
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-22mdk
label=linux
root=/dev/[whatever the root partition is]
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-17mdk
label=mandrake
root=/dev/[whatever the root partition is]
read-only
other=/dev/hda2
label=dos
table=/dev/hda
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Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA
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Kernel 2.2.14-15mdk
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