Hi,
Sorry I missed to write that I have done the /sbin/lilo -v after editing
lilo.conf.
Regards,
Abdij
-----Original Message-----
From: Kurt Ferreira [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 4:34 PM
To: Abdij Bhat
Subject: Re: Kernel Upgrade Hangs!
On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Abdij Bhat wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to build the 2.4.17 Kernel and upgrade my existing 2.4.7-10
Red
> Hat Linux System. Here is the procedure I followed ( based on Red Hat
> Documentation on the same ):
>
> 1. tar -xvzf linux-2.4.17.tar.gz
> 2. cd linux
> 3. make mkproper
> 4. make menuconfig
> 5.make dep
> 6. make clean
> 7. make bzImage
> 8. make modules
> 9. make modules_install
> 10. cp /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17
> 11. cp /usr/src/linux-2.4.17/System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.17
> 12. cd /boot rm System.map ln -s System.map-2.4.17 System.map
> 13. mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.17.img 2.4.17
> 14. Modify the /etc/lilo.conf to add
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17
> label=linux-Mine
> root=/dev/hda1
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.17
> read-only
>
Did you run /sbin/lilo here? You must
> Now when i reboot and select the linux-Mine option the screen displays
> Loading vmlinuz-2.4.7
> Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel
>
> and then HANGS!!!!!!
>
> What might be the problem. I have followed the instruction to the T. I
> tried without the initrd option too. I have enabled the RAM diak
> option/disabled it....
>
> Please help me out on the issue.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Abdij
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