On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 10:31:10AM -0600, BobH wrote:
> Just screwed up a recompile, but I noted behavior with 'grub' that I did
> not expect. After recompiling the 2.4.9-13 kernel I went to modify the
> /etc/grub.conf file and found that it had already been modified -
> presumably by the ? makefile ? - and that all reference to the prior kernel
> had been removed and only the new kernel is referenced.
>
> Is this now standard behavior. Lilo always required you to add the new
> kernel to the /etc/lilo.conf file and this always left me the option of
> naming the old working kernel as 'safe' to allow the machine to restart if
> I really messed up.
This is not standard behavior if you install the Red Hat rpm. The rpm will
add the new kernel to the grub file and leave the old one there. I've
currently got 3 kernels to choose from at boot time.
Cheers,
.../Ed
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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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