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Re: Re[4]: Newbie Debian User needs help!!!



On Sun, 2003-05-18 at 05:41, Derek Chew En-Hock wrote:
> Hello Kevin,
> 
> good to hear from you again...
> 
> Sunday, May 18, 2003, 5:12:28 PM, you wrote:
> KM> I'm not sure that is the way to change the kernel selection. Assuming your using lilo,
> KM> you first edit it (or add an entry) and update the bootloader in your boot sector by issuing the 'lilo -v' command.
> KM> post your /etc/lilo.conf or grub.conf
> 
> well, my lilo.conf is as follows
> lba32
> boot=/dev/hda
> root=/dev/hda2
> install=/boot/boot-menu.b
> map=/boot/map
> delay=20
> vga=normal
> 
> default=Linux
> 
> image=/vmlinuz
>               label=Linux
>               read-only
> 
> image=/vmlinuz.old
>                   label=LinuxOLD
>                   ready-only
>                   optional
> 
> I suspect the problem is because the /boot directory is blank because
> since the / mount point is reiserfs and can't mount, it can't get to
> /boot ...
> 
> and I can't run lilo even after doing a chroot to /dev/hda1 as it
> complains about missing files in /boot
so you have an emmpty /boot directory? 
where is your vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4?
have you tried to edit image=/vmlinuz to the real location of
vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4?

-- 
Kevin Mark <kmark@pipeline.com>

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