Re: Linux won't boot
On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 06:44, David Pastern wrote:
> Now I did a silly thing - after doing all the necessary stuff I just copied
> across the System.map and bzImage files to my /boot dir and renamed them to
> current kernel and .map files - overwriting them. I'm kicking myself for
> not being my usually careful self and backing original files up.
Which is where your problem starts (I think). I suspect you're using
lilo and lilo doesn't like it when you change kernels without telling
it.
Reboot with rescue disk and run lilo with your new kernel and it
*should* work.
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