Lilo and 2.4.9 problems

[Brian Kelsay]

I remember now.  I don't change my kernel as often as some people.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Herrmann" <b3d at kc.rr.com>

> The label doesn't have to match the module name, but the default
> parameter and one of the labels has to match.  The label is what gets
> displayed on the LILO boot screen.
>
> Brian Kelsay wrote:
>
> > And now a reply without a smart*** comment.
> >
> > Look at the value for "default =linux249-1", now look at the line
> > "label=vmlinuz249".  Shouldn't that be "label=linux249-1"?   I think
the
> > two must match.  Try changing one or the other and rerun lilo and
> > restart and se what happens.   Also, I think you want "image =
> > /boot/linux249082501"  to match the actual path to the new kernel.
If
> > the image is actually called "linux_2.4.9-082501" then that is how
you
> > must call it from lilo or it might actually be called
> > "vmlinuz-2.4.9-082501" only your compiler knows the truth.
> >
> > Hope this helps
> > Brian Kelsay
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James Edgar Twilley" <grimjack at blitz-it.net>
> > To: <kclug at kclug.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 12:14 PM
> > Subject: Lilo and 2.4.9 problems
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hello all,
> >>  I just downloaded and built a 2.4.9 kernel, it all went entirely
too
> >>
> > well.
> >
> >>The problem comes when I  try and run lilo after moving the bzIImage
> >>
> > file to
> >
> >>the boot dir and then modify lilo.conf and then run lilo.  It
says...
> >>Added linux
> >>Added vmlinuz249  (this is my new kernel)  <<<<<<<<<<This is telling
> >>Added dos
> >>Fatal: No images have been defined.   <<<<<<This is the error,
because
> >>
> > it can't find the kernel.
> >
> >>  When I reboot my new info does not show up and it boots back into
> >>
> > the
> >
> >>production RH 7.0 kernel.
> >>my lilo.conf file is a s follows:
> >>boot=/dev/hda
> >>map=/boot/map
> >>install=/boot/boot.b
> >>prompt
> >>timeout=50
> >>message=/boot/message
> >>default=linux249-1   <<<<<<<<<<HERE
> >>
> >>image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
> >>label=linux
> >>read-only
> >>root=/dev/hda2
> >>
> >>image = /boot/linux249082501     <<<<<<<<HERE
> >>label=vmlinuz249           <<<<<<<<HERE
> >>read-only
> >>root=/dev/hda2
> >>
> >>other = /dev/hda1
> >>label=dos
> >>