On Tuesday 03 September 2002 03:32, arnaud kubacki wrote:
Hi !
When I installed a new kernel (from MAntel, 2.4.18-135), I got a very nasty problem !
When I did a make modules-install, the new kernel overwrote my old kernel. Now when I am booting from the old (or new) kernel, I got an error : The system locked at the module : hotplug ide-scsi.
AFAIK, compiling from source did not delete current modules directory, unless the version of the new and current kernel is the same.
Very nasty, I am able to boot the safe module but I am wondering how can I get back my old system.
What about reinstall the older kernel (which mean back to the older kernel), backup the module (/lib/modules/2.4.16_blah).
The initrd and vmlinuz were overwritten.
Definitely, therefore backup vmlinuz also. For safer: - copy old vmlinuz (and possibly System.map) to say vmlinuz.2.4.16 - keep your older modules dir. - add another entry to Lilo to boot vmlinuz.2.4.16 - next time at booting, you may choose to boot to new kernel or old kernel This won't work however, if your new kernel and current kernel is the same version (as the modules is in the same directory). Regards, Verdi
It is very sad to see that the kernel overwrote something without asking me an authorization.
Could you help me please, I have a floppy disk with the old system inside, maybe it is possible to restore the old system whithout reinstalling everything !
Arnaud