Re: Server won't boot

[Phillip Hofmeister <plhofmei@zionlth.org>]

On Sun, 21 Jul 2002 at 07:23:05PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> Did you set up intrd image with lilo ?  2.4 kernel-image need this.
> 

I use the old fashion was of building my kernels (I don't make a deb package).

I have compiled a 2.4 kernel on 2 prior occasions and they booted fine.
I used the exact same procedure I used to make a 2.2 kernel.


I have never toyed with an initrd when compiling 2.4 in the past...

As described on the page:

     # cd /usr/src
     # tar xfvz linux-whatever.tar.gz
     # rm -rf linux
     # ln -s linux-whatever linux
     # cd linux
     # make menuconfig
     ... configure stuff ...
     # make dep
     # make bzImage
     ... edits for lilo / grub ...
     ... move /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage to boot ...
     ... /sbin/lilo or whatever you do for grub
     # make modules; make modules_install
     # shutdown -r now
     ... boot to new kernel ...
Also attached is my lilo.conf...nothing really spectacular...just the default lilo.conf (for the most part)

Thanks,

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lba32
# Generated by liloconfig

# Specifies the boot device
boot=/dev/hda

# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root.
# If the special name CURRENT is used, the root device is set to the
# device on which the root file system is currently mounted. If the root
# has been changed with  -r , the respective device is used. If the
# variable ROOT is omitted, the root device setting contained in the
# kernel image is used. It can be changed with the rdev program.
root=/dev/hda1

# Enables map compaction:
# Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
# read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the map
# smaller. Using COMPACT is especially recommended when booting from a
# floppy disk.
compact

# Install the specified file as the new boot sector.
# If INSTALL is omitted, /boot/boot.b is used as the default.
install=/boot/boot.b

# Specifies the number of _tenths_ of a second LILO should
# wait before booting the first image.  LILO
# doesn't wait if DELAY is omitted or if DELAY is set to zero.
delay=20

# Specifies the location of the map file. If MAP is
# omitted, a file /boot/map is used.

map=/boot/map

# Specifies the VGA text mode that should be selected when
# booting. The following values are recognized (case is ignored):
#   NORMAL  select normal 80x25 text mode.
#   EXTENDED  select 80x50 text mode. The word EXTENDED can be
#     abbreviated to EXT.
#   ASK  stop and ask for user input (at boot time).
#   <number>  use the corresponding text mode. A list of available modes
#     can be obtained by booting with  vga=ask  and pressing [Enter].
vga=normal

image=/vmlinuz
	label=Linux
	read-only

image=/vmlinuz.old
        label=LinuxOLD
        read-only

# If you have another OS on this machine (say DOS),
# you can boot if by uncommenting the following lines
# (Of course, change /dev/hda2 to wherever your DOS partition is.)
# other=/dev/hda2
#   label=dos