Almost always, the trouble in this situation is that you forgot
to update /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo to update the bootloader.
Typically the fix is to boot from a floppy or CD (you
installation media can usually be used for this) and use it to do
these things.
Don
On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 06:25:26PM -0500, Sean M. Foy wrote:
> I finally got around to upgrading from 2.4.3 to 2.4.9. After I installed
> 2.4.9 and did shutdown -r -t 0 now, my Linux machine failed to come back up.
>
> So I put a monitor on it and observed that attempting to boot into 2.4.9
> causes the machine to reboot itself immediately after the 2.4.9 option is
> selected on the boot menu. I booted into my original kernel and recompiled
> 2.4.9, to be sure I hadn't missed some option in xconfig... Same results
> after restart.
>
> I'm not having much luck finding answers in google web and newsgroup
> searches.
>
> Any suggestions as to how I can figure out what the problem is and how to
> fix it?
>
> Here's the relevant section from my logbook; This worked for 2.4.3, and I
> followed my steps for 2.4.9:
> cd ~sean/software/kernel
> bzcat linux-2.4.3.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
> mv linux /usr/src/linux-2.4.3
> cd /usr/src
> ln -s linux-2.4.3 linux
> cd linux
> #next line really only needed if this isn't a fresh compile
> #(e.g., kernel tweaking without getting a new kernel)
> make mrproper
> make xconfig
> ensure Processor type and features > MTRR (Memory Type Range Register)
> support is YES
> this ensures that even on SMP systems with buggy BIOSes, the second
> processor cache
> will be enabled.
> ensure Processor type and features > SMP YES
> turn on Networking Options>CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES (TCP syncookie support)
> ensure DEC/Tulip networking support YES for FA310TX!
> turn on Networking Options>network packet filtering
> ensure Enhanced Character Devices > RTC (Real-time clock) support YES
> turn on the option to show experimental options and enable ReiserFS
> support in File Systems.
> #make modules and make modules_install are only necessary if
> #the kernel is configured with modules!
> make dep && make clean && make bzImage && make install && make modules &&
> make modules_install
> cd /boot
> rm System.map
> rm vmlinuz
> rm modules.info
> ln -s (blah blah blah; link to the new System.map, vmlinuz, modules.info)
> #create new initrd
> #-doesn't seem to work with 2.4.3 and ReiserFS
> #(adjust lilo.conf/menu.lst accordingly.
> mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.3.img 2.4.3
> #update LILO (not really necessary since we're using GRUB)
> xemacs /etc/lilo.conf
> #update GRUB
> xemacs /boot/grub/menu.lst
> bzcat modutils-2.4.5.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
> ensure that man pages listed in INSTALL aren't in /usr/man/1
> ./configure
> make
> make install
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
>
>
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Don Bindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
