Hello, If you want to preserve oder kernels (of course if realy need this? I wonder why you use old ones when there sertainly there is a corresponding part in the new kernel?) you need to edit /etc/lilo.conf so that you can boot from other kernels also. For example prompt timeout=100 # Default image=/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 #or your partition caontaining / file system label=linux image=/boot/vmlinuz.2.2.18 root=/dev/hda2 label=linux2.2.18 image=/boot/vmlinuz.2.4.0 root=/dev/hda2 label=linux.org This way you can add many different versions of the linux kernel. PS:Don't foget to first backup your original lilo.conf file. There is a greate Kernel-HOWTO on this at LDP (http://www.linuxdoc.org) Erdal MUTLU ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iyi gunler! Have a nice day! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Istanbul Teknik Universitesi Istanbul Technical University Bilisim Enstitusu Informatics Institute Arastirma Gorevlisi Erdal MUTLU Research Assistant Erdal MUTLU E-mail : erdal@be.itu.edu.tr Home page :www.be.itu.edu.tr/~erdal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 7 May 2001, scsijon wrote:
Ok, from Erdal's message, this seems simple enough and does include at least one step I didn't know about, BUT (big but), what if I don't want to upset my existing 2 kernals ( I run both 2.2.xx and 2.4.0-4BG for different reasons) I want to add an extra one, what changes to the proceedure do I need to do?
and, if I download the already compiled SuSE kernal rpm's such as 2.4.2 from the 7.1's /kernal area how do handle these?
I'm most likely asking something that's in a howto, if so just give me the referance please and i'll try that first.
thanks scsijon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Erdal MUTLU Arastirma Gorevlisi" <erdal@be.itu.edu.tr> To: "Stefaans Mostert" <stefaans@pop.co.za> Cc: <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] kernel
Hello,
the procedure is quite the same. Briefly, what I am doing is :
Download the latest and greatest linux kernel from SuSE or www.kernel.org
cd /usr/src rm linux ln -s new-linux-kernel linux cd linux make mrproper; make clean; make menuconfig make dep;make modules;make modules_install;make bzImage
#Make a copy of your original kernel image, in case your new one have #some problem cp /boot/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz.org
#Copy the new one cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz cp System.map /boot
#edit /etc/lilo.conf or /etc/chos.conf which one you use lilo # or chos
If it is all ok, then reboot and enjoy.
Erdal MUTLU --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Iyi gunler! Have a nice day! --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Istanbul Teknik Universitesi Istanbul Technical University Bilisim Enstitusu Informatics Institute Arastirma Gorevlisi Erdal MUTLU Research Assistant Erdal MUTLU E-mail : erdal@be.itu.edu.tr Home page :www.be.itu.edu.tr/~erdal --------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Tue, 8 May 2001, Stefaans Mostert wrote:
Hi all
I was wondering I want to install the newest kernel on my suse box 7.1 wich by the way I think is great( after I figured out /etc/rc.conf) But the suse way still confuses me slightly. What exactly would I need to upgrade my kernel? I am used to compiling from source, and would like to compile again if possible, as I am planning to switch some major servers over to suse.
I am espetially conserned about the packages , like kernel headers and
kernel
utils and hdparm for my ide drives wich I use quite often.
I am running the stock 2.4.0 kernel currently. Can someone also explain where I tell my system wich modules to use in modules.conf ? the suse version looks strange to me and I don't understand it.
I am learing suse more each day and think I am a convert. ;-) I like it more and more.
also there seems to be a problem with my live update in yast2 it doesn't want to finish and gives me an error message.BTW does anyone know of a mirror in South-Africa?
Tnx all
Stefaans
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