Re: Linux won't boot
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On Wednesday 11 September 2002 06:55 am, Jerry Gaiser wrote:
> 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.
If you didn't make a rescue disk, use any of the debian install CD's ..
Doesn't matter if it is Woody or Potato. At the prompt type:
rescue root=/dev/hda2 where hda2 is the ROOT of the file system.
Also, here is a quick link to making kernels step by step that I use every
time I build a kernel:
http://outcast-consultants.redmond.or.us/files/linux.doc
gl
tatah
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