[5908] in RedHat Linux List
Re: incorrect kernel version
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (K. Harrison Liang)
Sun Nov 24 21:51:30 1996
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 21:49:51 -0500
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From: "K. Harrison Liang" <HarrisonL@psu.edu>
Cc: Todd Weible <toddw@cyberhighway.net>
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Thanks Todd. Did exactly what you said. . .and everything works
now. Thanks!
At 07:00 PM 11/24/96 -0700, you wrote:
>
>On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, K. Harrison Liang wrote:
>
>> At 07:35 PM 11/24/96 -0500, you wrote:
>> >On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, K. Harrison Liang wrote:
>> >
>> >> I downloaded and re-compiled the latest 2.0.26 kernel under
RH/Intel
>> >> 4.0. But when I start up Redhat Linux, it still says "2.0.18" kernel.
I'm
>> >> pretty sure I compiled the 2.0.26 kernel since I removed the 2.0.18
>> >> directory completely before compiling the new kernel. Does anyone
know how
>> >> to fix/remove this incorrect kernel message? Thanks!
>> >
>> >You have to do more than just compile the new kernel; you have to install
>> >it. The easiest way to do this is:
>> >
>> >cp /usr/src/linux-2.0.26/arch/i386/boot/zImage /boot/vmlinuz
>> >lilo
> ^^^^
>> >
>> >Hope this helps,
>> >-- Elliot
>>
>> I did "make dep; make clean; make zlilo" and vmlinuz was copied to
>> /. And I still got 2.0.18 message. Any more clue? Thanks.
>>
>Well, for starters, the default path for kernels that lilo uses is in
>/boot not /
>also, Elliot mentioned that you should, but you did not mention whether or
>not you ran lilo again after copying the file.
>
>But rest assured, it won't help if you don't update the correct kernel
>file in /boot. Anyway, read /etc/lilo.conf and you can overwrite the
>exact file that it is pulling from /boot, or you could create another
>entry in lilo.conf and give yourself another boot option and not overwrite
>the said file. Either way, run "lilo" when finished.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Todd
>toddw@cyberhighway.net
>
>
>
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