Re: Problem upgrading my kernel to 2.4

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Tom Connolly wrote:

> Hello list,
> I've am new to Debian so this may seem trivial but it has really got 
> me stumped.
> I have recently upgraded my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4 on my woody 
> system.  when I booted into the new kernel, my ethernet adapter didn't 
> work.  I did an "ifconfig" and all it showed was the loopback device.  
> I couldn't remember which driver I used so I booted into the old 
> kernel (I just added a new block to Lilo without removing the old 
> kernel).  I found out which driver I had but now my system hangs when 
> I try to boot back into the new kernel.
At what point does it hang? What are any error messages?


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