Debian User Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
See below for links. Not sure what you mean by what happens when you boot using LinuxOLD. It boots normally as it did since first installed. I do see that Output module failed to load as was the case on my old sarge. If your refering to my notes about not having a graphical lilo interface on the install= and map= notes then yes, I do have to hit scroll lock or tab repeatedly for the old red orange boot menu to come up. That's the only way I can boot woody without a rescue disk.
OIC So that's what you mean by "booting woody"! <slaps forehead> I thought you had another partition with woody installed. For the record the kernel does not determine which distro you are booting so it's probably inaccurate to say you are "booting to woody" in this context. It might be better understood if you say you are booting an alternate kernel or something similar. Anyway this puts an entirely different spin on the matter. First of all you can just remove the non-functional kernel, and make your old kernel the default kernel by specifying it in /etc/lilo.conf and rerunning lilo. (You can also activate the boot menu.) Note that since both of your kernels are obsolete anyway it doesn't matter which one you choose so you might as well pick the one that works. If you want to practice installing or compiling kernels you can either start afresh with sarge's default 2.6.8 or roll your own custom kernel. I recommend the latter since Debian has all the tools to make this as simple and painless as possible, and you can get rid of modules and all the initrd problems altogether. These both seem to be the biggest minefield for the newbies.