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Re: [debian-knoppix] Update on Knoppix finding 2.4.19-xfs modules



On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 11:50:23AM -0600, Donn aka N5XWB wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 21:14:42 -0600, Donn aka N5XWB wrote:
> > 
> > > I have been remastering various (3 different) KNOPPIX.iso recently.
> > > I am now seeing a strange problem at boottime.  modprobe is
> > > requesting 2.4.19-xfs modules on a 2.4.20-XFS Knoppix system.
> 
> Update on my problem.  T guaranty that the kernel and
> modules agree i have completely replaced 2.4.20-xfs with a
> clone of config-2.4.20-xfs found in the /boot directory.  It
> took several hours due to the difference in kernel versions.
> However, I have knoppix booting on a 2.4.21-pre5 kernel and
> as I suspected - I am still seeing a 2.4.19-xfs INIT
> version  2.78 modprobe: can not find
> /lib/modules/2.4.19-xfs.  So all modules are not loaded,
> even though they must match the kernel and have the same
> file.o name.
> 
> I suspect that /sbin/init has 2.4.19 hard coded in the
> binary.  So "uname -r"
> fails to correctly find the correct operating system
> release.
> 
> CLUE: On the 2.4.21-pre5 booted Knoppix.iso machine, at a
> command line "#".
> If I type "uname -r" - it shows  2.4.19-xfs.
> 
> Any idea where this might be set?

You forgot to update the kernel on the boot.img.

Regards
-Klaus Knopper
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