On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 12:42:01AM -0500 or thereabouts, Kent West wrote:
> S.D.A. wrote:
>
> >On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 07:21:11PM -0500 or thereabouts, Kent West wrote:
> >Apologies if this has been done before, but if it has, I surely can't
> >
> I've never had to do anything extra _except_ add the initrd line to
> lilo.conf.
>
> When you "apt-get install kernel-image-2.4-blahblah", it should warn you about
> this; at this point, if I haven't already done so on a previous kernel
> upgrade, I let that sit and hope over to a different VT or terminal window,
> and edit /etc/lilo.conf, like so:
It tells one to add that line, but it could be clearer as to exactly where.
Something you've done. Thanks.
> >image=/vmlinuz
> > label=Linux
> > read-only
> > initrd=/initrd.img
> > append="hdc=ide-scsi"
> ># restricted
> ># alias=1
>
> Notice the single line that says "initrd=/initrd.img"; this is the only
> line I have to add, and I don't believe it matters where in the "stanza"
> it goes. Then I save the file and hop back to my kernel installation and
> tell it to continue. As part of the installation, it runs lilo so I
> don't have to. Note also that this line is only needed with kernels that
> were built to use an _init_ial _r_am _d_isk, which most official Debian
> kernels are, I believe.
> Kent
So that's it, besides running Lilo? I wonder why, those two steps, don't tend to
work for me, when upgrading from the 2.2.* image from stable. :\
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Steve
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