Re: [PLUG] Two Questions...

["Luis Baars" <luisbaars@hotmail.com>]

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running zlilo runs lilo for you and puts it all where it needs to go so
all you have to do afterwards is reboot to use the new kernel.  I have not
used bzlilo before so I cannot say the same for that one, but it sounds
nicer the bzImage.

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-Rune
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> From my experience with bzlilo, it does not put bzImage in the /boot 
directory.  After running "make bzImage" I found my new bzImage in 
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot.  After copying this bzImage into /boot, I had 
to edit lilo.conf and added something like the following lines for a new 
image:

image = /boot/bzImage
       label = new_linux
       read-only
       initrd = /boot/initrd.img
       root = /dev/hda1

Then I reran lilo and then I restarted my computer and used new_linux as my 
lilo option.  Hopefully it will work for you, make sure you keep your old 
vmlinuz in /boot and the original linux image in lilo.conf so that you go 
back to it in case you screw up.

Side note:  When I first recompiled my kernel, after booting up on my new 
image, I got a whole bunch of errors when loading my modules saying 
something about "unresolved dependencies".  It drove me up the wall until I 
found the solution.  Here it is.....before running "make modules", move the 
directory in /lib/modules to an old version.  For example, my linux version 
number is 2.2.12-20, so the directory in /lib/modules is 2.2.12-20, so I 
renamed it to 2.2.12-20.old and then ran make modules and make 
modules_install.  After this, to check and see if you get any errors at 
bootup, you can type "depmod -a".  This will tell you if you have any 
unresolved module dependencies.

I hope this helps.

Luis

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