[18783] in Athena Bugs
linux 8.4.20: update_ws
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken Raeburn)
Sat Feb 17 00:48:03 2001
Message-Id: <200102170547.AAA01080@all-in-one.mit.edu>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 00:47:50 -0500
From: Ken Raeburn <raeburn@MIT.EDU>
System name: all-in-one.mit.edu
Type and version: i686 8.4.20
Display type: XFree86 3.3.6 SVGA
Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh
Window manager: unknown
What were you trying to do?
Update my SMP machine from a freshly-installed 8.4.0 (via SIPB
installer, because SCSI support was needed) to 8.4.20.
What's wrong:
After the update_ws script finished and told me to reboot,
there was also an error message from lilo saying it couldn't
find one of the listed kernels. At the time, I had:
- a 2.2.14 SMP kernel
- a 2.2.16 UP kernel
- a lilo.conf listing 2.2.16 SMP and UP kernels, with SMP the
default, and both using the same initrd file (and thus the
same modules, namely those for the UP kernel)
What should have happened:
The 2.2.16 SMP kernel package should've been installed, and
the 2.2.14 one removed(?). The SMP kernel should've gotten a
different initrd from the UP kernel.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
update_ws(8), mkinitrd(8), lilo(8)
