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Re: kernel recompile (!)
I haven't used many linux versions but I've done a bit of reading on
compiling kernels. Typically /boot/vmlinuz is a symlink to
vmlinuz-version (in your case 2.4.3). It appears, I would guess to avoid
complications, that libranet's adminmenu creates a symlink called
vmlinuz.old which points to vmlinuz-2.4.3. Then it copys your newly
configured kernel over to /boot as vmlinuz.
The default lilo.conf file in libranet (at least my 1.9.0) has as the
default boot line 'image=/boot/vmlinuz'. As I don't have a fresh install
I can't verify that vmlinuz starts out as a symlink to vmlinuz-2.4.3.
As for the redhat lilo just edit the line and replace vmlinuz-2.4.3 with
vmlinuz. That way it will always pick up the new libranet kernel
assuming my assumptions regarding xadminmenu are correct and that's what
you use to compile kernels.
Rod
Ken Moffat wrote:
>
> Well, here is an interesting solution. I have been recompiling my kernel,
> having the effects not work, and going back to default, for a couple of
> months here without figuring out the problem.
>
> Perhaps HERE is the answer.
>
> I have 3 operating systems here on this computer, WinME, RedHat, and
> Libranet. I have been using lilo to boot, but since I had RedHat installed
> before libranet I was sticking with their lilo.conf file. So I'd
> recompile, reboot to redhat and run lilo, and reboot to libranet. Well,
> libranet changes the name of the kernel from the default vmlinuz-2.4.3 to
> vmlinuz and renames the old vmlinuz to vmlinuz.old. My lilo.conf calls for
> vmlinux-2.4.3!
>
> So, I've been rebooting and (stupidly) not understanding why nothing
> happened! jeez...
>
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