Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-03-02 Thread Stan Kaufman
Manoj Srivastava wrote: > The new warning reads: > == > As a reminder, in order to configure lilo, you need to > add an 'initrd=/initrd.img' to the image=/vmlinuz > stanza of your /etc/lilo.conf > ==

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-03-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Bill" == Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bill> I think those are clear, now that the parts are making more Bill> sense to me. It might be helpful to show the lilo line in the Bill> first message box, Well, the first message is spit out before we have determined what boot

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-03-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Stan" == Stan Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stan> This was good; it pointed out which RTFM was germane. A note Stan> that the new 2.4.x kernel images use initrd whereas the 2.2.x Stan> kernels didn't would help those of us who don't follow kernel Stan> development realize that there's

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-28 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Manoj" == Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> "Stan" == Stan Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Manoj> Any suggestions for improved wording? This is what is Manoj> there now: >> == >>

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-28 Thread Stan Kaufman
Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Any suggestions for improved wording? This is what is there now: > == > You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version $version) > This will not work unless you have configured your

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-28 Thread Bill Moseley
At 12:21 AM 02/28/02 -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Any suggestions for improved wording? This is what is there now: >== >You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version $version) >This will not work unless yo

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Stan" == Stan Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stan> Should be enough; the package maintainer's scripts clearly said Stan> "Don't go any further until you've fixed your bootloader". It Stan> would have been more helpful if there had been more explicit Stan> info about how to do so, but t

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-27 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Bill Moseley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 12:04 PM 02/27/02 -0800, Stan Kaufman wrote: > >I just installed 2.4.17 on a new woody box, which involved an > >upgrade from the 2.2.14 potato system my floppy install disks > >created. The kernel-image package provided clear notice during > >install

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-27 Thread Bill Moseley
At 12:04 PM 02/27/02 -0800, Stan Kaufman wrote: >I just installed 2.4.17 on a new woody box, which involved an upgrade from the >2.2.14 potato system my floppy install disks created. The kernel-image package >provided clear notice during installation that the bootloader needs to be >altered >in or

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-27 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Bill Moseley wrote on Wed Feb 27, 2002 um 06:41:05AM: > So, I'd like to avoid the kernel panic this time with the > kernel-image-2.4.17-k7 package. What steps do I need to take to make sure > I will end up with a bootable image? Someone mentioned that moving to the > more modular 2.4 k

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-27 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Stan Kaufman wrote: > Faheem Mitha wrote: > > > On 27 Feb 2002, Bill Moseley wrote: > > > > > So, I'd like to avoid the kernel panic this time with the > > > kernel-image-2.4.17-k7 package. What steps do I need to take to make sure > > > I will end up with a bootable image?

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-27 Thread Stan Kaufman
Faheem Mitha wrote: > On 27 Feb 2002, Bill Moseley wrote: > > > So, I'd like to avoid the kernel panic this time with the > > kernel-image-2.4.17-k7 package. What steps do I need to take to make sure > > I will end up with a bootable image? Someone mentioned that moving to the > > more modular 2

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-27 Thread Faheem Mitha
On 27 Feb 2002, Bill Moseley wrote: > I had started the process of building a kernel yesterday before being so > rudely interrupted by sleep. > > I'm currently running 2.2.20 but upgrading to 2.4.17. I had tried once > before to use a kernel-image, but ended up with a kernel-panic that I never

Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-27 Thread Bill Moseley
I had started the process of building a kernel yesterday before being so rudely interrupted by sleep. I'm currently running 2.2.20 but upgrading to 2.4.17. I had tried once before to use a kernel-image, but ended up with a kernel-panic that I never followed up on. This system was installed Woody