Re: Kernel Upgrade Hangs!

walt (walt@nea-fast.com)
Fri, 22 Mar 2002 12:56:38 -0500


Abdij Bhat wrote:

> Hi,
> I am trying to build the 2.4.17 Kernel and upgrade my existing 2.4.7-10 Red
> Hat Linux System. Here is the procedure I followed ( based on Red Hat
> Documentation on the same ):
>
> 1. tar -xvzf linux-2.4.17.tar.gz
> 2. cd linux
> 3. make mkproper
> 4. make menuconfig
> 5.make dep
> 6. make clean
> 7. make bzImage
> 8. make modules
> 9. make modules_install
> 10. cp /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17
> 11. cp /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.17
> 12. cd /boot rm System.map ln -s System.map-2.4.17 System.map
> 13. mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.17.img 2.4.17
> 14. Modify the /etc/lilo.conf to add
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17
> label=linux-Mine
> root=/dev/hda1
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.17
> read-only
>
> Now when i reboot and select the linux-Mine option the screen displays
> Loading vmlinuz-2.4.7
> Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel
>
> and then HANGS!!!!!!
>
> What might be the problem. I have followed the instruction to the T. I
> tried without the initrd option too. I have enabled the RAM diak
> option/disabled it....
>
> Please help me out on the issue.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Abdij
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You must run /sbin/lilo so lilo knows the "physical" location on the disk of
the kernel image

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