Re: how to install new kernel
Thomas Duffy wrote:
after installing it I have a symlink /vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7
But my machine wont reboot.
How do I have to upgrade my kernel, what packages do I need?
well, this symlink seems to be pointing to wrong kernel. or was that a
typo? (2.4.7 should be 2.4.9 if you installed that package).
it was a typo, it points to *.9
I would make sure that your silo package is also up to date. and what
does your /etc/silo.conf look like?
I have an ultra10 with UltraSparcII i 440MHz
/boot is the first partition
fdisk says:
/dev/hda1 0 62 31248 83 Linux native
/dev/hda2 62 584 263088 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 0 17660 8900640 5 Whole disk
/dev/hda4 584 8719 4100040 83 Linux native
/dev/hda5 8719 10752 1024632 83 Linux native
/dev/hda6 10752 13903 1588104 83 Linux native
/dev/hda7 13903 15936 1024632 83 Linux native
/dev/hda8 15936 17660 868896 83 Linux native
whereby /dev/hda8 is /
cat /etc/silo.conf:
partition=1
root=/dev/hda8
timeout=100
image=1/vmlinuz-2.2.19-sun4u // after first installation
label=linux
// this was onlu vmlinuz
read-only // it only boot this way
image=1/vmlinuz-2.4.9-sun4u
label=linux_test
read-only
image=1/vmlinuz
label=vmlinuz
read-only
ll /boot says:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 363682 Aug 23 21:00
System.map-2.2.19-sun4u
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 434708 Aug 11 04:47 System.map-2.4.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 435851 Aug 30 21:46 System.map-2.4.9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Aug 10 06:36 cd.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5256 Aug 23 21:00 config-2.2.19-sun4u
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16660 Aug 11 04:01 config-2.4.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16836 Aug 30 21:07 config-2.4.9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Aug 10 06:36 fd.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Aug 10 06:36 first.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Aug 10 06:36 generic.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 844 Aug 10 06:36 ieee32.b
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 Aug 23 20:39 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7680 Aug 23 20:58 old.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 58880 Sep 13 19:21 second.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 56490 Aug 10 06:36 silotftp.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Aug 10 06:36 ultra.b
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Aug 23 20:58 vmlinuz ->
vmlinuz-2.2.19
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1245830 Aug 23 21:00 vmlinuz-2.2.19-sun4u
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1342365 Aug 11 04:47 vmlinuz-2.4.7
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1279799 Aug 30 21:46 vmlinuz-2.4.9
what does "wont reboot" mean? what is the error...how far does it get?
ok at boot prompt I tried following:
linux -> boots fine
linux_test or vmlinuz or /vmlinuz-2.4.9-sun4u or /vmlinuz-2.4.7-sun4u
-> silo says cannot find .....
may I try it with /vmlinuz-2.4.9?
thanks
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