[TriLUG] RedHat 7.2 Kernel troubles

Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney alchemist at darkcanvas.com
Tue Nov 6 09:40:34 EST 2001


On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 09:09:24AM -0500, Vestal, Roy L. spoke thusly:
> I'm trying to compile a new kernel for my 7.2 machine. I simply want to use
> the existing 2.4.7 kernel and recompile to tighten it up.  I'm getting the
> following message:

Hmm. Have you used mkinitrd to make a new initrd image for the
2.4.7-rv image?

mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.4.7-rv.img 2.4.7-10custom

(Check /lib/modules for the exact version)

then adjust lilo.conf apropriately and re-run lilo -v

FWIW, GRUB is much easier to deal with. it als supports on-the fly
editing of kernel/boot options. Type in your "root=" specifier? Just
hit "e" on the boot selection and fix it! Want to boot an unlisted
kernel? Just hit "c" to get a command line for booting....

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