forgot to CC the list. -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: James Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jan Newmarch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [SLUG] grub.conf: rebuilding kernel blues Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 01:43:42 +1000 On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 22:00 +1000, Jan Newmarch wrote: > Hi > > I used to use lilo quite happily, but now have to use grub since lilo > is not in Fedora.
um, lilo is in fedora. If it's just that you're not familiar with grub, you can still use lilo with no probs at all (I do). You can get the package here: ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/2/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/lilo-21.4.4-25.1.i386.rpm > There seems to be a lack of doco in changing up > grub.conf - at least, I can't seem to get it right. So, in > /usr/src/linux, I run make, copy bzImage to /boot, run "make > modules_install" and then modify /boot/grub/grub.conf. I add the new > entry, and get severely stuck on "initrd". If I omit that line, I get a > "kernel panic". If I copy the old initrd.img, I get a "kernel panic" (a > different one). If I try to build a new one using mkinitrd, I get a > "kernel panic" (another one). Is grub my problem, or is it just a blind > for a different one? you need to use an initrd built for your kernel, so the old one won't work. What sort of kernel panic do you get when you use the initrd you made? Did you remember to build in (or add to your initrd) filesystem code for the root filesystem? James. -- James Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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