On Friday 04 October 2002 14:30, Jake Colman wrote:
> I built a newer kernel version and want to add it to the grub menu. I must
> have done something wrong but cannot figure it out.
>
> I copied the new bzImage file to the /boot directory. I edited my
> /boot/grub/grub.conf file as follows:
>
> default=0
> timeout=10
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.7-10)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 ro root=/dev/hda6
> initrd /initrd-2.4.7-10.img
> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.19)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /bzImage ro root=/dev/hda6
> initrd /initrd-2.4.7-10.img
>
> The entry for 2.4.7-10 is what was in the file. I copied that entry to the
> entry for 2.4.19 and simply changed the name of the boot image. Is this
> correct? Does the 'root' have to be changed also?
Yes and no in that order. You have to make an initrd-2.4.19.img file also.
The command should be something like:
> mkinitrd initrd-2.4.19.img 2.4.19
^^^^^^
(This last number should be equal to the number in /lib/modules/
corresponding to your own compiled kernel.) Edit the grub.conf
file to include initrd-2.4.19.img instead of initrd-2.4.7.img. Then copy
the /usr/srd/linux-2.4.19/System.map file /boot/System.map-2.4.19.
You should be ready. You can of course
> mv /boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19
and put vmlinuz-2.4.19 instead of bzImage in the grub.conf file. I prefer
to do that since I quite often have more than one kernel compiled by myself.
If you start to use your new kernel all the time, do
> ln -sf /usr/src/linux-2.4.19 /usr/src/linux-2.4
(This is all based on memory, since I don't have my linux machine at the
moment.)
--
Øystein Olsen, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://folk.uio.no/oeysteio
Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, http://www.astro.uio.no
University of Oslo, Norway
--
redhat-list mailing list
unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
