Re: Kernel upgrade problem and question about "apt-get install kernel-image..."

[Adam Funk <a24061@yahoo.com>]

Justin Guerin wrote:

>> I just upgraded with "apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.25-1-386" and
>> ended up with an unbootable system from that kernel: it got stuck doing
>> "hda: lost interrupt" messages (the same problem I had when I
>> ignorantly tried to run the 686 kernel on the Athlon 1100).  So my
>> first question is: shouldn't the 2.4.25 386 kernel run on this
>> processor?
>>
> I would think so, but you'll have to ask someone more guru than me to find
> out for sure.

>> Fortunately the backup kernel worked because the apt-get install rotated
>> the 2.4.23 kernel into the /vmlinuz.old and /initrd.img.old symlinks.
>> I would now like to try the kernel-image-2.4.25-1-k7 package (which I
>> believe is the optimum kernel for my CPU) but I'm concerned about what
>> will happen during the rotation.  If I apt-get install a third kernel
>> package, will the first one (2.4.23) still remain in /boot?  If so,

So there's no inherent limit to how many kernel images apt-get will leave in 
place, right?  It's only those four symlinks that get rotated?

> Your changes look fine.  Just remember to run /sbin/lilo after you make
> the changes, and you're good to go.

Thanks.