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Re: new kernel not installing



Does 'make install' put vmlinuz where lilo expects it to be?  You might
install kernel-package and use 'make-kpkg' to compile the kernel and
create a .deb which you can install.  This works quite nicely.

Bob

On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Tom wrote:

> I am trying to upgrade from 2.0.36 to 2.1.125.  After configuring with
> "make xconfig"  I run "make install". At the end I run lilo.  Everything
> seems fine, but when I reboot I am still in 2.0.36.  I tried some
> variations.  I ran "make dep", and saw no error messages. I tried
> compiling a 486 kernel as well as pentium. My board  is a AMD 586 133. 
> The only unusual thing is this.  Prior to installing the 2.1.125 package
> I had accidently deleted everything in /usr/src.  I untared the source
> there and created /usr/src/linux as a symbolic link to
> /usr/src/kernel-source-2.1.124.  But I am not having trouble compiling
> so I don't think this is a problem.   I am not sure how to track down
> what the problem is.  Any advice or suggestions are appreciated. 
> Thanks
> 
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