Remove vga=788 from the lilo.conf file and try to reboot again >From: Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] Kernel woes. Black screen of nothingness >Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 09:00:46 -0600 > > Your lilo conf shows you are using scsi emulation, but the line is >wrong. Should be: append=" hdd=ide-scsi" Also, you must have scsi >enabled in the kernel, and 'mkinitrd' a ram disk image as per the >instructions here: > http://mandrakeuser.org/install/kupgrade3.html > >here's my lilo conf as an example: > >image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-tom > label=242-tom > root=/dev/hdb5 > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.2-tom.img > append=" hdd=ide-scsi" > vga=788 > read-only >-- >Dale Earnhardt, the greatest stock car driver ever, > he's won his 8th and His Greatest Championship > Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay > >On Wednesday 14 March 2001 09:26 pm, Adam Michael Baxter wrote: > > Well, I took myself onto a limb and tried to have fun with kernels. I > > downloaded the 2.4.2 kernel and did as the instructions said. It >compiled > > greately and as it should have (I guess). Then I installed the kernel in > > my boot directory and updated lilo (keeping my old linux kernel). To >test > > it out, I rebooted and selected the new kernel. Then the screen turns > > black. Nothing happens. it doesn't boot, give an error message or > > anything. Its depressing, I was atleast hoping for some upsetting > > "you've destroyed your computer" deal. Having nothing is really > > depressing ^^ I took a look at the lilo config file and it seems to be >in > > order. > > > > Heres the main part: > > boot=/dev/hda > > map=/boot/map > > install=/boot/boot.b > > vga=normal > > default=new > > keytable=/boot/us.klt > > lba32 > > prompt > > timeout=100 > > message=/boot/message > > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > > image=/boot/mykernel-2.4.0 > > label=new > > root=/dev/hda5 > > append=" hdd=ide0-scsi" > > vga=788 > > read-only > > > > > > the first image is pretty much copying my first linux boot >configuration. > > > > > > anyone have any ideas of what I did wrong? > > Thanks! > > Adam > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
