Re: more kernel questions

[Richard Hector <rhector@paradise.net.nz>]

On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 09:58:29AM -0500, sean finney wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 12:54:02AM +1300, Richard Hector wrote:
> > I've just compiled and installed a new kernel, using make-kpkg. However,
> > I'm not sure it's actually running. uname -a still gives me 2.4.18-586tsc,
> > which is the old one - my new kernel doesn't have the 586tsc bit on the
> > end of the name, and in any case is a 686 kernel - I've recently upgraded
> > the motherboard. Also, all the references during boot are to 
> > /lib/modules/2.3.18-586tsc, rather than /lib/modules/2.4.18.
> > 
> > lilo was run by the install script, and I've run it again to make sure.
> > 
> one thing i'd check is if lilo is configured correctly.  for example,
> perhaps lilo is set to boot from /vmlinuz (where that is still a symlink
> to /boot/vmlinuz-2.3.16-586tsc) and the kernel package installed it in
> /boot/vmlinuz (as a symlink to /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18)?

Thanks, but no, I checked the symlinks, and /vmlinuz and the old version
both point to the correct places (as do the initrd ones).

Thanks,

Richard