Hi, according to ftp.suse.com the newest update kernel is: Linux version 2.2.16 (root@Pentium.suse.de) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Sun Jul 9 17:51:02 GMT 2000 IIRC this version has some problems with 3com 509c (??) network cards (and vmware?). An update was announced to come up soon (IIRC). Is that update still not available, or did we looked wrong? Second, the latest freeswan.rpm we found on ftp.suse.com installs a module into /lib/modules/2.2.14 which couldn't be load with 2.2.16, so an update for freeswan should be neccesary. Where can we find that? Third, we had trouble updateing the kernel itself. We updated the RPM (rpm -U k_deflt.rpm). After a problem with initrd I executed /sbin/mk_initrd. At boot, kernel said "uncompressing initrd" and showed that dots, but don't stopped drwaing dots (we rebooted a backup kernel after two screens of uncompressing dots). I have no idea what the problem was; finally I made /boo empty, reinstalled the rpm, re-run mk_initrd (and of course lilo if somebody wonders :)), and rebooted - this time with success. Any ideas? oki, Steffen -- Dieses Schreiben wurde maschinell erstellt, es trägt daher weder Unterschrift noch Siegel.
Hi, On Sat, Sep 02, Steffen Dettmer wrote:
according to ftp.suse.com the newest update kernel is:
Linux version 2.2.16 (root@Pentium.suse.de) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Sun Jul 9 17:51:02 GMT 2000
IIRC this version has some problems with 3com 509c (??) network
Every kernel has problems with some 3c90x cards (509 are ISA cards).
cards (and vmware?). An update was announced to come up soon (IIRC). Is that update still not available, or did we looked wrong?
I'm not aware of any problems wrt vmware.
Second, the latest freeswan.rpm we found on ftp.suse.com installs a module into /lib/modules/2.2.14 which couldn't be load with 2.2.16, so an update for freeswan should be neccesary. Where can we find that?
Normally all modules of the system should be in the kernel rpm. If this is not the case, it is a bug on our side. I will have a look.
Third, we had trouble updateing the kernel itself. We updated the RPM (rpm -U k_deflt.rpm). After a problem with initrd I executed /sbin/mk_initrd. At boot, kernel said "uncompressing initrd" and showed that dots, but don't stopped drwaing dots (we rebooted a backup kernel after two screens of uncompressing dots).
You ran "mk_initrd" but failed to run "lilo" afterwards. mk_initrd created a new initrd, but lilo didn't know about it and did load junk.
I have no idea what the problem was; finally I made /boo empty, reinstalled the rpm, re-run mk_initrd (and of course lilo if somebody wonders :)), and rebooted - this time with success.
"and of course lilo" is the magic thing you forgot in your first attempt.
Any ideas?
oki,
Steffen -o) Hubert Mantel Goodbye, dots... /\\ _\_v
* Hubert Mantel wrote on Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 18:39 +0200:
Second, the latest freeswan.rpm we found on ftp.suse.com installs a module into /lib/modules/2.2.14 which couldn't be load with 2.2.16, so an update for freeswan should be neccesary. Where can we find that?
Normally all modules of the system should be in the kernel rpm. If this is not the case, it is a bug on our side. I will have a look.
Thank you. AFAIK is the ipsec.o part of freeswan.rpm not k_*.rpm. Is the kernel source rpm patched with freeswan? I cannot remember that I saw a config option, but I haven't checked it to go for sure.
Third, we had trouble updateing the kernel itself. We updated the RPM (rpm -U k_deflt.rpm). After a problem with initrd I executed /sbin/mk_initrd. At boot, kernel said "uncompressing initrd" and showed that dots, but don't stopped drwaing dots (we rebooted a backup kernel after two screens of uncompressing dots).
You ran "mk_initrd" but failed to run "lilo" afterwards. mk_initrd created a new initrd, but lilo didn't know about it and did load junk.
Well, but I cannot imagine how this happend. I tried it two times (of course I run lilo after that). Then I reinstalled rpm and tried a third time, now with success...
"and of course lilo" is the magic thing you forgot in your first attempt.
That's impossible, since I renamed a backup image; lilo showed the new name. I usually run "lilo -v" and look for errors. Well, don't worry, now it works. I have some 6.1 machines running. If I copy the mk_initrd script, and modify /etc/lilo.conf, is it so easily possible to use initrd in such older distributions? Or are there other depencies? This seems better if SuSE would/will drop support for kernel-build-in SCSI controllers, which should be possible, as long as they are in the initrd. Or are the SCSI drivers still direct in the kernel? At least I think it's not enough to install the 2.2.16 kernel RPM on a suse-6.1 and run lilo, is it? Another point: nkitb-2000-?????.rpm requires a libauth.so.1 at freshen (rpm -F / rpm -U). It seems to be a new depency... It seems that I have to install another RPM before updating, could you tell me what package please? Thank you for your help! oki, Steffen -- Dieses Schreiben wurde maschinell erstellt, es trägt daher weder Unterschrift noch Siegel.
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