Hello list: I am using SUSE 9.1 on a Dell Poweredge server and seem to be experiencing some problems after applying the latest kernel update. The rpm is installed properly but I get errors when lilo is being executed. You will notice if you scroll down that when lilo is run for some reason the system is looking for /lib/modules/2.6.5-7.75-smp/modules.dep when it should be looking for /lib/modules/2.6.5-7.95-smp/modules.dep instead. Can I do something manually to ensure that this computer will boot up properly with the new kernel? Thank you all.............. # uname -a Linux groupware 2.6.5-7.75-smp #1 SMP Mon Jun 14 10:44:37 UTC 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux # rpm -Uhv --nodeps --force kernel-smp-2.6.5-7.95.i586.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:kernel-smp ########################################### [100%] Setting up /lib/modules/2.6.5-7.95-smp Root device: /dev/sda3 (mounted on / as xfs) Module list: aic7xxx aic7xxx aic7xxx xfs Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.5-7.95-smp Initrd image: /boot/initrd-2.6.5-7.95-smp Shared libs: lib/ld-2.3.3.so lib/libc.so.6 lib/libselinux.so.1 Modules: kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.ko kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.ko kernel/fs/xfs/xfs.ko Run lilo now to update the boot loader configuration. Running lilo... lilo failed to write the boot record for your system. The output from lilo is: Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed Fatal: open /dev/sda1: Device or resource busy Please check manually that your system has a valid boot record! # lilo /var/log/messages says: Jul 13 16:54:40 groupware modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.5-7.75-smp/modules.dep: No such file or directory # rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-smp-2.6.5-7.95 # ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.5-7.95-smp/ total 844 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jul 13 16:15 . drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 129 Jul 13 15:08 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 Jul 13 16:15 build -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.95-obj/i386/smp drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 13 16:15 extra drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 113 Jul 1 13:26 kernel -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 139602 Jul 1 13:26 modules.alias -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 Jul 1 13:26 modules.ccwmap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 238681 Jul 1 13:26 modules.dep -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 517 Jul 1 13:26 modules.ieee1394map -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 620 Jul 1 13:26 modules.inputmap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16174 Jul 1 13:26 modules.isapnpmap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 128773 Jul 1 13:26 modules.pcimap -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 147885 Jul 1 13:26 modules.symbols -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 159469 Jul 1 13:26 modules.usbmap lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jul 13 16:15 source -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.95 # ls -l /boot total 5948 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 13 16:15 . drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Jun 30 18:21 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 122412 Jul 1 13:26 Kerntypes-2.6.5-7.95-smp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 758392 Jul 1 13:19 System.map-2.6.5-7.95-smp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jun 25 13:11 backup_mbr lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jun 25 11:59 boot -> . -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jun 25 13:11 boot.0800 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54401 Jul 1 13:26 config-2.6.5-7.95-smp drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 25 12:05 grub lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jul 13 16:15 initrd -> initrd-2.6.5-7.95-smp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1516873 Jul 13 16:15 initrd-2.6.5-7.95-smp -rw------- 1 root root 75776 Jun 25 17:23 map -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jul 13 16:54 map~ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 78671 Jul 1 13:26 symvers-2.6.5-7.95-i386-smp.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1861184 Jul 1 13:26 vmlinux-2.6.5-7.95-smp.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jul 13 15:07 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.5-7.95-smp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1584926 Jul 1 13:19 vmlinuz-2.6.5-7.95-smp # mount /dev/sda3 on / type xfs (rw) proc on /proc type proc (rw) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5) /dev/sda1 on /boot type xfs (rw) /dev/mapper/system-home on /home type xfs (rw) /dev/mapper/system-opt on /opt type xfs (rw) /dev/mapper/system-srv on /srv type xfs (rw) /dev/mapper/system-tmp on /tmp type xfs (rw) /dev/mapper/system-usr on /usr type xfs (rw) /dev/mapper/system-var on /var type xfs (rw) /dev/sr0 on /media/cdrom type subfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,fs=cdfss,procuid,iocharset=utf8) /dev/fd0 on /media/floppy type subfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=floppyfss,procuid) usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) _________________________________________________________________ MSN Premium includes powerful parental controls and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines